" distempered "

[Verb]  | "dis*tem*per" | \ dis-ˈtem-pər \

1: to throw out of order

2: derange, unsettle

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English distempren, distemperen "(in medieval physiology) to upset the proper balance of the humors, (of the body) be upset by improper balance of the humors, be diseased, (of a person) be indisposed, anger, (in medicine) to blend (two ingredients), dissolve, dilute, moisten," borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French destemprer, destemperer, destremper "to mix together (ingredients, colors), prepare (a potion), moisten, cleanse" (also continental Old & Middle French, "to soften, dilute"), borrowed from Medieval Latin distemperāre "to affect (climate, the body) by disproportionate mixture, mix, soak," going back to Late Latin, "to mix (with another liquid), temper, mix badly," from Latin dis- {see: |dis-|dis-} + temperāre "to bring to a proper strength by mixing" {mat|temper:2|};

[Verb]  | "distemper" 

1: to paint in or with distemper

Origin: circa 1873 ;

 Derivative of {see: |distemper:3|distemper:3};

[Verb]  | "distempered" 

[Verb]  | "distemper"