temperate
Moderate; not excessive.
Example
“temperate heat”
Other meanings
Specifically, moderate in temperature.
Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
Related words
- intemperate
- mesotemperate
- nontemperate
- orotemperate
- palaeotemperate
- paleotemperate
- pseudotemperate
- subtemperate
- supratemperate
- temperately
- temperateness
- untemperate
Word history
From Latin "temperātus".
Where this comes from
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