intemperant

From Latin intemperāns, -antis. See in- (“not”) +‎ temperant.

intemperant (comparative more intemperant, superlative most intemperant)

1. (obsolete) intemperate
   • 1956, California. Legislature. Senate. Interim Committee on the Treatment of Mental Illness, Partial Report - Volumes 3-6, page 86:

     I know in Monterey, from my own experience, the court places the question before the alleged intemperant person and asks them if they want to go to a hospital.

   • 1981, United States. Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy, U.S. Immigration Policy and the National Interest, page 72:

     In particular, supporters of nativist policies decried the tendency to permit intemperant (or any othe ) newcomers to vote in American elections.

   • 1991, Carlos Bernardo González Pecotche, Deficiencies and Propensities of the Human Being, page 95:

     Having positioned this deficiency within this illustration and bearing in mind that the intemperant person is an individual who cannot either control or regulate his passionate appetites , it is easily found among all people whether educated or not.

• pertainment

From French intempérant.

intemperant m or n (feminine singular intemperantă, masculine plural intemperanți, feminine and neuter plural intemperante)

1. intemperate