hot-natured

adjective5

1. •
   Highly emotional and impulsive.

   • 'He was a volatile personality, hot-tempered, hot-natured,' remembers Bob. — 1999
2. •
   Highly sensitive to hot temperatures and preferring cold temperatures.

   • I stood outside the group, partly from a dislike of being crowded, but mostly because I tend to be kind of hot-natured, which means I have a certain affinity with cold weather. — 2001
3. •
   Lusty.

   • She's just built for lovin', she's a beautiful hot-natured sweet thing, that Jackie. — 1961
4. •
   Associated with Yang; stimulating or inflammatory.

   • A Tai-yang state is one in which hot-natured reactions take place at the outside region of the body— that is, headache, fever, or chilliness. — 1976
5. •
   Thriving in hotter environments; tropical or semitropical.

   • Thus, fish are moister and cooler; land animals are warmer; hot-natured trees thrive in warmer climates, and cold-natured plants in cold. — 1997