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immoderate (iou) and wayment (iou)


immoderate (iou)



immoderate adjective. LME.
[Latin immoderatus, formed as IM-2 + moderatus MODERATE adjective.]
Not moderate; lacking in moderation; unrestrained, excessive; extreme. Formerly also (rare), boundless.
Ld Macaulay His immoderate zeal against the unfortunate clan. E. Johnson A rather short, plump..youngster, jolly-looking and given to immoderate laughter.
immoderately adverb LME.
immoderateness noun M16.

wayment (iou)



wayment verb & noun.ME.
[Old French waimenter, guaimenter, from wai, guai alas, prob. after lamenter lament.]
A. verb intrans. Lament, wail; sorrow bitterly. ME-L19.
Spenser For what bootes it to weepe and to wayment, When ill is chaunst?
b. noun. Lamentation. LME-M17.