inordinate

Meanings

• adjective

  beyond what is normal, proper, or acceptable; excessive

  - "His inordinate love for chocolate led him to eat an entire box in one sitting."
  - "The inordinate amount of rain caused the river to overflow and flood the town."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with inordinate
ordinate , meditate , create , celebrate , animate , abate , relate , debate , iterate , correlate , aggregate , graduate , aberrate

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Homophones

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1. ordinate () : arranged or methodical
   

2. ordinance () : a law or regulation
   

3. ordinary () : common or usual
   

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Variants

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inordinate , inordinately , inordinateness , inordinatenesses

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Forms

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inordinately, inordinate degree, inordinateness

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Etymology

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from the Old French word enordiner, meaning to arrange or order. The sense of the word evolved to mean 'disarrange' or 'excessive'.

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Trivia

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1. The word inordinate is often used in legal contexts to describe behavior that is beyond what is reasonable or acceptable.

2. Inordinate means 'disarranged' in Old French, but the sense of the word evolved to mean 'excessive' in English.

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Related Concepts

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1. excess: The concept of excess is closely related to inordinate. Inordinate behavior is behavior that goes beyond what is normal or acceptable.

2. prodigious: Prodigious means extraordinary or impressive, and is related to inordinate in the sense of going beyond what is normal.

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Culture

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The term 'inordinate' has been used in literature and art to describe excessive or uncontrollable emotions or behaviors. For example, in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth's 'inordinate affection' drives her to commit murder.

How to Memorize "inordinate"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a scale that goes from normal to excessive. Inordinate is beyond the normal range.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word inordinate with the idea of going beyond what is normal or acceptable.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'In Orders To Understand Inordinate, I Need To Remember It Goes Beyond What Is Normal'.

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