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Intemperate vs Intemperateness - What's the difference?

intemperate | intemperateness |

As an adjective intemperate

is lacking moderation, temper or control.

As a verb intemperate

is (obsolete|transitive) to disorder.

As a noun intemperateness is

the quality of being intemperate.

intemperate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking moderation, temper or control.
    • intemperate''' language; '''intemperate zeal
    Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car'' - ''The Week , 14 April 2007, 609 , 4.
  • Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (intemperat)
  • (obsolete) To disorder.
    • (Webster 1913)

    intemperateness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being intemperate.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1897, author=George Meredith, title=Beauchamp's Career, Complete, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=She objected to Beauchamp's intemperateness and unsparingness, as if she was for conveying a sisterly warning to Cecilia; and that being off her mind, she added, smiling a little and colouring a little: 'We learn only from men what men are.' }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1912, author=Jose Rizal, title=The Reign of Greed, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Besides the intemperateness of the demand," went on the Dominican, "besides the fact that it is in the nature of an infringement on our prerogatives--" Padre Sibyla dared not go on, but looked at Simoun. " }}