Distemper (band)
WordNet

noun


(1)   A method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery
(2)   A painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
(3)   Paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
(4)   An angry and disagreeable mood
(5)   Any of various infectious viral diseases of animals

verb


(6)   Paint with distemper
WiktionaryText

Noun


  1. A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
    • 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
      ...my spirits began to sink under the burden of a strong distemper, and nature was exhausted with the violence of the fever...
  2. A water-based paint.

Quotations

  • 1592–1609: I, sick withal, the help of bath desired, / And thither hied, a sad distemper'd guest, / But found no cure: the bath for my help lies / Where Cupid got new fire--my mistress' eyes. — William Shakespeare, Sonnet CLIII.
 
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