Word Meanings - TEMPERAMENTAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. Sir T. Browne.

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• CONSTITUTIONALIST
  One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.
• TEMPERAMENTAL
  Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. Sir T. Browne.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• CONSTITUTIONALITY
  1. The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame. 2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. Burke. Constitutionalities, bottomless
• CONSTITUTIONAL
  1. Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness. 2. In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of a state or a society;
• CONSTITUTIONALISM
  The theory, principles, or authority of constitutional government; attachment or adherene to a constitution or constitutional government. Carlyle.
• CONSTITUTIONALLY
  1. In accordance with the constitution or natural disposition of the mind or body; naturally; as, he was constitutionally timid. The English were constitutionally humane. Hallam. 2. In accordance with the constitution or fundamental law; legally;
• TEMPERAMENT
  A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of
• INTEMPERAMENT
  A bad state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part. Harvey.
• ATTEMPERAMENT
  A tempering, or mixing in due proportion.
• ANTICONSTITUTIONAL
  Opposed to the constitution; unconstitutional.
• UNCONSTITUTIONAL
  Not constitutional; not according to, or consistent with, the terms of a constitution of government; contrary to the constitution; as, an unconstitutional law, or act of an officer. Burke. -- Un*con`sti*tu"tion*al"i*ty, n. -- Un*con`sti*tu"tion*al-ly,
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach