"temperment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtɛm.pɚ.mənt/ [US] Forms: temperments [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps influenced by analysis as temper + -ment. (Attested since the 1470s.) Etymology templates: {{af|en|temper|-ment|nocat=1}} temper + -ment Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling|plural|temperments}} temperment (plural temperments)
  1. Misconstruction of temperament Tags: alt-of, misconstruction Alternative form of: temperament
    Sense id: en-temperment-en-noun-Yj4GXnyg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English misconstructions, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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