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well-tempered

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
well-tem-pered
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

good-humoured, pleasant, having an even temperament

Archaic

adj

Having twelve notes per octave of the standard instrument tuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in any major or minor key and the resulting sound will not sound perceptibly too far out of tune.

Etymology

A calque of German wohltemperiert

Usage

Questions

What does well-tempered mean?
good-humoured, pleasant, having an even temperament
Where does well-tempered come from?
A calque of German wohltemperiert

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