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immoderation

[ ih-mod-uh-rey-shuhn ]

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noun

First recorded in 1535–45, immoderation is from the Latin word immoderātiōn- (stem of immoderātiō ). See im- ², moderation

On the contrary, I am a man of vehement disposition, with violent enthusiasms, and extreme immoderation in all my passions.

This immoderation of her clothes, the fright she was in—so nervous at first that she could hardly stand—became her very ill.

But here it was done everywhere and at all hours and in all degrees of immoderation and vulgarity.

In addition to the immoderation characterizing our life, how much have the fruits themselves lost in excellence?

I am making strenuous efforts to speak with immoderation of an "infallible institution."

Just eating him alone was eating pickled oysters in immoderation.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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