Dictionary entry

Intemperateness

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In‐tem′per‐ate‐ness, n. 1. The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.

2. Severity of weather; inclemency. Boyle.

By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors. Sir M. Hale.