inordinate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin inordinatus (“not arranged, disordered, irregular”), from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ordinare (“to arrange, order”); see ordinate, order.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
inordinate (comparative more inordinate, superlative most inordinate)
- Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude; extreme.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 3:5:
- Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euill concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is idolatrie:
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:excessive
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude
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Further reading[edit]
- “inordinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “inordinate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
inōrdināte
References[edit]
- “inordinate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inordinate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette