Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

inordinate

 

1) excessive; much too great or too many; unrestrained; 2) not regulated

 

"Seek the via media," said the graduation speaker. "Inordinate virtue is a contradiction in terms."

 

Related English word: inordinateness

 

Latin root word: ordino, ordinare, ordinavi, ordinatus - to set in order, arrange

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