资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Intemperateness \In*tem`per*ate*ness\, n.
   1. The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of
      any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or
      drinking.

   2. Severity of weather; inclemency. --Boyle.

            By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the
            air or meteors.                       --Sir M. Hale.

资料来源 : WordNet®

intemperateness
     n 1: consumption of alcoholic drinks [syn: {intemperance}]
     2: immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites [syn: {intemperance},
         {self-indulgence}]