Before 1846 the number of small holdings was inordinately large.
The tone of the "Panegyric" certainly lends itself to the supposition of some historians that Trajan was inordinately vain.
But he was inordinately vain, and totally unscrupulous in gaining money, in attacking an enemy, or in protecting himself when he was threatened with danger.
Macaulay never married, but was inordinately fond of his sisters and of his nieces.
Not only does a new baby increase the number children that must share parental attention, newborns are inordinately time consuming, leaving older children to feel they have been displaced and abandoned.
