inordinate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.

   Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euill concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is idolatrie:.

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Simplified etymology

Inordinate comes from the Latin word family based on ordo, “order,” and originally meant “not ordered.” It has been used in English since the medieval period.

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

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