Ill`-tem"pered (?), a.
1.
Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
2.
Unhealthy; ill-conditioned.
[Obs.]
So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away.
Pepys.
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