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inordinate
English
Etymology
From Latin inordinatus (“not arranged, disordered, irregular”), from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ordinare (“to arrange, order”); see ordinate, order.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n???d?n?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n???dn??t/
Adjective
inordinate (comparative more inordinate, superlative most inordinate)
- Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude; extreme.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:excessive
Translations
Further reading
- inordinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- inordinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Adjective
in?rdin?te
- vocative masculine singular of in?rdin?tus
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
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lecherous
English
Etymology
From Middle English lecherous, licherous, from Old French *lecherous (attested in Old French lecherousement (“lecherously”)), from Old French lecherie, licherie (“gluttony, sensuality, lewdness, lechery”), from Old French lecher, lechier, lekier, lescher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”), from Old Frankish *lekk?n (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likk?n? (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley??- (“to lick”), equivalent to lecher +? -ous. More at lick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?t????s/
Adjective
lecherous (comparative more lecherous, superlative most lecherous)
- Given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.
Derived terms
- lecherously
- lecherousness
Translations
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