In·tem·per·ate·ness, n.
1. The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.
2. Severity of weather; inclemency.
By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors. --Sir M. Hale.
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intemperateness
n 1: consumption of alcoholic drinks [syn: intemperance]
2: immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites [syn: intemperance,
self-indulgence]