" distempers "

[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};

[Noun]  | "distemper" 

1: bad humor or temper

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

3: a highly contagious viral disease of canines and especially of dogs that is caused by a paramyxovirus (Morbillivirus canis) 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]  | "cat distemper" 

1: panleukopenia

Origin: circa 1950 ;

[Noun]  | "feline distemper" 

1: panleukopenia

Origin: 1857 ;

[Noun]  | "distempers" 

[Noun]  | "distemper" 

[Verb]  | "distempers" 

[Verb]  | "distemper"