intemperate

n. The state of being unpolluted; purity. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. intemperatus. See In- not, and Temperate. ] 1. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate in enjoyment or exertion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

Most do taste through fond intemperate thirst. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing. Ecclus. xxiii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disorder. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without restraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people . . . who behaved very unwisely and intemperately on that occasion. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]