" canine distemper "

[Noun]  | "canine distemper" 

1: distemper

Origin: 1929 ;

[Noun]  | "distemper" 

1: bad humor or temper

2: a disordered or abnormal bodily state especially of quadruped mammals: such as

3: a highly contagious virus disease of canines and especially of dogs that is caused by a morbillivirus (species Canine morbillivirus) and is marked by fever, leukopenia, and respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological symptoms —called also canine distemper

Origin: 1546 ;

 Probably in part noun derivative of {see: |distemper:1|distemper:1}, in part from {see: |dis-|dis-} + {see: |temper:1|temper:1};

[Noun]  | "distemper" 

1: a process of painting in which the pigments are mixed with an emulsion of egg yolk, with size, or with white of egg as a vehicle and which is used for painting scenery and murals

2: the paint or the prepared ground used in the distemper process

3: a painting done in distemper

Origin: 1632 ;

 Probably borrowed (with conformation to {see: |distemper:2|distemper:2}) from Middle French destrempre "pigment prepared by the distemper process," noun derivative of destremper "to soften, dilute, prepare by mixing or diluting (a drink, mortar)," going back to Old French destemprer{mat|distemper:1|};

[Noun]  | "distemper"