† inˈtemperacy Obs. rare.
[f. intemperate: see -acy; cf. obstinacy, etc. (But perh. a misprint for intemperancy.)]
Intemperateness.
| 1541 R. Copland Galyen's Terapeut. 2 B ij, It is necessarye that the curacyon of the thynges that are put fer fro theyr naturall beynges by some intemperacy be made by thynges of contrary vertue. |