inordinacyn.
/ɪnˈɔːdɪnəsi/ Now rare.
The quality or condition of being inordinate; inordinateness; also, an instance or example of this, an inordinate act.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun]
unhovea1300
passingc1350
distemperancec1374
excess1393
unmeasurea1400
surfeita1500
excessivenessa1513
ametry?1541
immoderation?1541
distemperature1572
exceedingnessa1586
grossness1585
unreasonableness1606
inordinacya1617
excrescency1638
immoderancy1646
fair share1650
overbalance1651
hyperbole1652
overheight1664
immoderacya1682
faggald1824
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undue or unwarrantable > quality of being inordinate
inordinateness1577
inordinacya1617
inordinancya1617
a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 170 in Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) In every affection discerne the inordinacie of it.
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans 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.
a1714 M. Henry Wks. (1835) I. 307 The inordinacy of thy affections to the world.
1787 Ann. Reg. 1784–5 Hist. Europe 37/1 That wantonness of power, and inordinacy of ambition.
1943 C. Brogan Who are ‘The People’? xi. 119 It is merely another instance of inordinacy.
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