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What does temperament mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
  2. (obsolete) Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
  3. A person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
  4. A tendency to become irritable or angry.
  5. (music) The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.
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Andrea was one of four children, and as usual with Italians of artistic temperament, he was set to work under the eye of a goldsmith.
Some years ago, I was in Judge Kessler's courtroom and admired the crisp decisiveness of her judicial temperament.
Family connection and military prowess ensured his appointment as marshal, but his Gascon temperament did not make him a comfortable relative.
Ficino gave particular consideration to the melancholic temperament in his writings.
One of the most famous composers and lutenists of his day, Dowland also represented the Elizabethan artistic temperament.
Do Leigh have the temperament to hack it on the big occasion without losing their composure, and consequently, the match?

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