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immŏdestus (inm- ), a, um, adj. inmodestus,
I.unrestrained, excessive, extravagant, immoderate (rare but class.; syn. immoderatus): in vino. Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 7: “mores,” Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 44: “largitione effundere,” Sen. Contr. 1, 1: “fautores histrionum,” Tac. A. 13, 28: genus jocandi non profusum nec immodestum, * Cic. Off. 1, 29, 103.—Advv.: immŏdestē .
A. Immoderately, extravagantly, impudently: “amare,” Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 25: “gloriari (with immodice),” Liv. 22, 27, 2: “immodeste atque intemperanter facere multa,” Quint. 5, 7, 32: “postulare missionem,” Suet. Aug. 24.— Comp.: “procedere,” Sen. Q. N. 1, 17.—
B. Unjustly: “tum me hoc indecore, inmodeste datis di,” Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 9.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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