tempersome
adj/ˈtɛmpəsəm/UK/ˈtɛmpɚsəm/US
Etymology
From temper + -some.
- derived from temperō — “(transitive) to divide or proportion duly, to moderate, to regulate; (intransitive) to be moderate, temperate”
- inherited from ġetemprian
- inherited from temperen
Definitions
Characterised or marked by a temper
Characterised or marked by a temper; bad-tempered; temperamental; hotheaded; moody.
- And now that it is so tempersome and cold you are always going out into the nastiness and getting wet or frozen every day.
- Virginia did not recover until early September, when she wrote that she was still cross and “tempersome”.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA