Толковый словарь английского языка - distemper
Distemper
distemper
I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English distempren, from Late Latin ~are to temper badly, from Latin dis+ temperare to temper Date: 14th century to throw out of order, derange , unsettle , II. noun Date: 1546 bad humor or temper, a disordered or abnormal bodily state especially of quadruped mammals: as, a highly contagious virus disease especially of dogs that is caused by a paramyxovirus (species Canine ~ virus of the genus Morbillivirus) and is marked by fever, leukopenia, and respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological symptoms, strangles , panleukopenia , ailment , disorder , ~ate adjective III. noun Etymology: obsolete ~, verb, to dilute, mix to produce ~, from Middle English, from Anglo-French destemprer, from Latin dis+ temperare Date: 1632 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 ~ process, a painting done in ~, any of various water-based paints, IV. transitive verb Date: circa 1873 to paint in or with ~
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a kind of paint using glue or size instead of an oil-base, for use on walls or for scene-painting. 2 a method of mural and poster painting using this. --v.tr. paint (walls etc.) with distemper. Etymology: earlier as verb, f. OF destremper or LL distemperare soak, macerate: see DISTEMPER(2) 2. n. 1 a disease of some animals, esp. dogs, causing fever, coughing, and catarrh. 2 archaic political disorder. Etymology: earlier as verb, = upset, derange: ME f. LL distemperare (as DIS-, temperare mingle correctly) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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