inordinate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INOR'DINATE, adjective [Latin inordinatus; in and ordo, order.] Irregular; disorderly; excessive; immoderate; not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; as an inordinate love of the world; inordinate desire of fame.
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