dispositions

nounpersonal temperament

nounarrangement, management of a situation

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "ordering, management," also "tendency of mind," from Old French disposicion (12c.) "arrangement, order; mood, state of mind," from Latin dispositionem (nominative dispositio) "arrangement, management," noun of action from past participle stem of disponere "to put in order, arrange" (see dispose). References to "temperament" (late 14c. in English) are from astrological use of the word for "position of a planet as a determining influence."

Example Sentences for dispositions

He was thinking, quite properly, of ways and means and dispositions.

Clearly he considered that she was responsible for their dispositions.

Some little talk as to the rebels' numbers and dispositions might have saved you.'

And, lastly, the dispositions and voices of the birds may vary.

And she had the most equable of dispositions, her laughter ever rang out so heartily!

Well, gentlemen, such were and such still are my dispositions.

Then if the constitutions of States are five, the dispositions of individual minds will also be five?

As you say, it does not feel itself able to interfere with his dispositions.

Thus, with all his dispositions made, Cyrus rode round the head of his right.

And yet their dispositions were not at all alike: she seemed to hint as much.

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noun personal temperament

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