EXTRAVAGANCY

extravagance, extravagancy

(noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth; “we were surprised by the extravagance of his description”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

extravagancy (countable and uncountable, plural extravagancies)

(archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant.

(archaic, 17-19th centuries) A thing that is extravagant.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*trav"a*gan*cy, n.; pl. Extravagancies (.

Definition: Extravagance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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