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9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate
adjective not extreme in behavior
adjective not extreme
originThe adjective is first attested in 1380, in Middle English, the verb in 1540; borrowed from Latin temperātus, perfect passive participle of temperō (“to moderate, forbear, combine properly”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). See temper. Displaced native Old English ġemetegod.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- attemper 12
- permeate 12
- premeet 11
- tempera 11
- tempter 11
- ampere 10
- metepa 10
- tamper 10
- temper 10
- mpret 9
- remap 9
- tempt 9