It's defined as those incurred without restraint, judiciousness and economy; exceed the bounds of propriety; and are immoderate, prodigal, lavish, luxurious, grossly excessive and injudicious.
The gynaeconomi also had the duty to punish men who showed their effeminate character by frantic or immoderate wailing at their own or other persons' misfortunes.
Immoderate work and intellectual excitement in the spring of 1860 were followed by severe illness; a blood-vessel in the lung burst, and the lung seriously injured.
