tempered adjective.
['tɛmpǝd] ME.[from TEMPER noun, verb1: see -ED2, -ED1.]1. That has been tempered.
ME.■ Dryden The temper'd metals clash, and yield a silver sound. ■ A. Powell Uncertain what exactly he meant..I gave a tempered reply.2. Having a temper, esp. of a specified kind. Freq. as 2nd elem. of comb.
ME.bad-tempered,
good-tempered,
hot-tempered, etc.
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