inordinate

English

Etymology

From Middle English inordinat, from Latin inōrdinātus (“not arranged, disordered, irregular”), from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ōrdināre (“to arrange, order”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɔːdɪnət/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɔɹd(ə)nət/

Adjective

inordinate (comparative more inordinate, superlative most inordinate)

1. Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.

   Synonyms: immoderate, disproportionate, undue, extreme; see also Thesaurus:exorbitant

   • 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:

Derived terms

• inordinacy
• inordinately
• inordinateness

Translations

excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude

• Bulgarian: прекомерен (bg) (prekomeren), прекален (bg) (prekalen)
• Czech: nezřízený m
• Dutch: buitenproportioneel (nl)
• German: außerproportional
• Ottoman Turkish: آشیری (aşırı)
• Russian: чрезмерный (ru) (črezmernyj)

Further reading

• “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

Adjective

inōrdināte

1. vocative masculine singular of inōrdinātus

References

• “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.