English
immoderately
Immoderately comes from Middle English immoderatliche.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500immoderatliche
- Englishearliest quotation 1676immoderately
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500immoderatliche
- Englishearliest quotation 1676immoderately
Earliest quotation: 1676, Thomas Shadwell, The Virtuoso: “[…] by the Mass: You’ll make excellent Wives, Cuckold…”
Formed from immoderate + -ly
Latin moderātus ‘mitigated, managed, controlled, moderated’
Latin immoderātus ‘unrestrained, unbridled, excessive, immoderate’
Middle English inmoderat
English immoderate
Every English word from Middle English immoderatliche
Today it means
adv In an immoderate manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English immoderatliche / immoderately