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Definition of Inordinate
1. Adjective. Beyond normal limits. "Unreasonable demands"
Similar to: Immoderate
Derivative terms: Exceed, Exceed, Excessiveness, Inordinateness
Definition of Inordinate
1. a. Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world.
Definition of Inordinate
1. Adjective. Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude; extreme. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inordinate
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inordinate
Literary usage of Inordinate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gesta Romanorum, Or, Entertaining Moral Stories: Invented by the Monks as a by Charles Swan (1824)
"... OF inordinate LOVE. TALE XIII. OP inordinate LOVE. A CERTAIN Emperor was
strongly attached to a beautiful ..."
2. Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various by John Strype (1824)
"A proclamation far tlie redress of inordinate apparel, anno 1559. THAT although
the queen might levy great sums of Collect, of mony at this present, ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"CHAPTER VI Of inordinate affections WHENSOEVER a man desireth aught above measure,
immediately he becometh restless. The proud and the avaricious man are ..."
4. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... the people—Their inordinate self-esteem—Consequent deficiency of labor—Ecclesiastical
government—Revenues of the Church—Characteristics of the Spanish ..."
5. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Beyond those circles there was gross ignorance in the masses, and political
intrigue or inordinate luxury in the upper ranks of society. ..."
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