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inordinacy Now rare.|ɪnˈɔːdɪnəsɪ|
[f. inordinate: see -acy.]
The quality or condition of being inordinate; inordinateness; also, an instance or example of this, an inordinate act.
a1617P. Bayne Lect. 170 In every affection discerne the inordinacie of it. 1660Gentl. Calling ix. 160 Lest they..be surprized in the midst of their Inordinacies, and have their portion assigned them in weeping and gnashing of teeth. a1714M. Henry Wks. (1835) I. 307 The inordinacy of thy affections to the world. 1784–5Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 37/1 That wantonness of power, and inordinacy of ambition. 1943C. Brogan Who are ‘The People’? xi. 119 It is merely another instance of inordinacy. |