excellent-tempered

Updated: July 28, 2026

Here he was, young, full of health and high spirits, excellent-tempered, and sufficiently good-looking; he had acquired a liberal measure of fame and popularity; he had many friends; he had ample means, for he did not know the difference between a backer and a layer, nor yet the difference between a broker and a jobber in fact, gambling, either in stocks or on the turf, had never even occurred to him as a thing worth thinking about.

William Black - Prince Fortunatus