immoderateness

  • 11Immoderacy — Im*mod er*a*cy, n. [From {Immoderate}.] Immoderateness. [R.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12Immoderancy — Im*mod er*an*cy, n. [L. immoderantia.] Immoderateness; excess. [R.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 13Inordinacy — In*or di*na*cy, n. The state or quality of being inordinate; excessiveness; immoderateness; as, the inordinacy of love or desire. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14Spherical excess — Excess Ex*cess , n. [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. exc[ e]s. See {Exceed}.] 1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a… …

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  • 15immoderate — adjective Etymology: Middle English immoderat, from Latin immoderatus, from in + moderatus, past participle of moderare to moderate Date: 14th century exceeding just, usual, or suitable bounds < immoderate pride > < an immoderate appetite >&#8230; …

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  • 16immoderate — immoderately, adv. immoderateness, n. /i mod euhr it/, adj. 1. not moderate; exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme. 2. Obs. intemperate. 3. Obs. without bounds. [1350 1400; ME < L immoderatus. See IM 2, MODERATE] Syn. 1.&#8230; …

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  • 17excess — noun a) The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; …

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  • 18exaggeration — I noun addition, aggrandizement, augmentation, boast, brag, caricature, disproportion, distortion, embellishment, embroidery, enlargement, excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, exorbitancy, expansion, extravagance, extravagant statement, extremes,&#8230; …

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  • 19abandon — Synonyms and related words: abandonment, abjection, abjure, abort, abscond, acknowledge defeat, ardency, ardor, back out, beat a retreat, beg a truce, beg off, belay, boundlessness, bow out, break the habit, brush aside, brush off, cancel,&#8230; …

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  • 20drunkenness — Synonyms and related words: Dutch courage, a high, alcoholism, befuddlement, besottedness, bibulousness, compotation, crapulence, crapulency, crapulousness, dipsomania, dizziness, drinking, ebriosity, excess, excessiveness, extravagance, fuddle,&#8230; …

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