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EXTRAVAGANT
excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening
(adjective) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; “extravagant praise”; “exuberant compliments”; “overweening ambition”; “overweening greed”
extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift
(adjective) recklessly wasteful; “prodigal in their expenditures”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
extravagant (comparative more extravagant, superlative most extravagant)
Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
Exorbitant.
Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.
Synonyms
• See also excessive
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*trav"a*gant, a. Etym: [F. extravagant, fr. L. extra on the outside + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. See Vague.]
1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. [Obs.] The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak.
2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse. There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses. Addison.
3. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man. "Extravagant expense." Bancroft.
Ex*trav"a*gant, n.
1. One who is confined to no general rule. L'Estrange.
2. pl. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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