temperaments

We just laugh at it -- most of all when he stuffs up his ears and repeats to himself what he calls temperaments and conditions and conceptions and impressions, and a lot more like that.

Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 of Samosata Lucian 1894

The violent haste, pressure and instance of newspaper routine, purgatorial to some temperaments, is a genuine stimulus to others — particularly if they are able, as in the case of the columnist, to fall back upon outside contributors in their intervals of pessimism or sloth.

The Almost Perfect State 1921

(Keirsey, who has written a lot about the four core "temperaments" -- NT, NF, SJ and SP - also notes that SP's often have a "folksy" way of speaking -- dropping g's from the ends of "ing" words, not standing on ceremony, occasionally making malapropisms.)

Michael Melcher: Is W a T or an F? 2008

Since then, time-outs, strong verbal limit-setting and a sense of humor seem to do the trick for them and their blessed temperaments, which is not from my side of the family, to be sure!

Robi Ludwig: To Spank or Not to Spank, That Is the Question! Robi Ludwig 2011

Since then, time-outs, strong verbal limit-setting and a sense of humor seem to do the trick for them and their blessed temperaments, which is not from my side of the family, to be sure!

Robi Ludwig: To Spank or Not to Spank, That Is the Question! Robi Ludwig 2011

Furthermore, there were points of contact or overlappings between the various spheres: for instance, the notion of temperaments sup - posedly determined by the stars facilitates the transi - tion from the planetary gods to the virtues.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas JEAN SEZNEC 1968

Related to the temperaments are the normal differences in the natural peculiarities of nations.

Christian Ethics. Volume II.���Pure Ethics. 1819-1870 1873

The old contrasts of the classical "temperaments", reducible to the contrast between the slow and the quick, appear in this connection to be a result of the quantitative proportion of two opposing catalysts.

Wilhelm Ostwald - Nobel Lecture 1966

Meet You Neighbors – Neighbors come in all temperaments, shapes and sizes.

My 5 Best Tips for Moving to a New Apartment | myFiveBest 2009

The two hit it off immediately, possessing not only similar temperaments but a birthday.

Cocotte of the Week: Nancy Astor | Edwardian Promenade 2010