EXORBITANCY

Noun

exorbitancy (countable and uncountable, plural exorbitancies)

Alternative form of exorbitance

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*or"bi*tance, Ex*or"bi*tan*cy,, n.

Definition: A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands. "a curb to your exorbitancies." Dryden. The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions. Bp. Hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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