Definition of Temper

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Temper

To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm.

To fit together; to adjust; to accomodate.

To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel.

To govern; to manage.

To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.

To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.

The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar.

Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy.

Disposition of mind; the constitution of the mind, particularly with regard to the passions and affections; as, a calm temper; a hasty temper; a fretful temper.

Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure; as, to keep one's temper.

Heat of mind or passion; irritation; proneness to anger; -- in a reproachful sense.

The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating or cooling; as, the temper of iron or steel.

Middle state or course; mean; medium.

Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used to clarify sugar.

To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity.

To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable.

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Temper Quotations

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.
Kahlil Gibran

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!
William Shakespeare

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Robert Frost

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
Charles Spurgeon

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
Jackie Robinson

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.
John Keats

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Orson Welles

Temper Translations

temper in Dutch is harden, temperen, stalen
temper in Italian is temperamento, furia
temper in Latin is tempero
temper in Spanish is humor, furia, temperamento

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