well-tempered
English
editEtymology
editAcalque ofGermanwohltemperiert
Adjective
editwell-tempered (notcomparable)
- (archaic, of a person)good-humoured,pleasant, having aneventemperament
- (music) Having twelvenotes peroctave of the standardinstrumenttuned in such a way that it is possible to play music in anymajor orminorkey and the resulting sound will not sound perceptibly too farout of tune.