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attemper

Meaningmoderate

Common meaning: soften or moderate, in literary use

Journey through time

  1. Latintemperare‘moderate’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsmoderate → to modifyatemprer‘to modify’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsto modify → moderateattempren‘moderate’source
  4. Englishattemper‘soften or moderate, in literary use’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin temperare ‘moderate’.

Roots

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