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temperamental |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Temperamental \Tem`per*a*men"tal\, a. Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: temperamental adj 1: relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities" 2: subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer" [syn: {moody}] 3: likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster [syn: {erratic}]
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