extravagance

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extravagance

/ɪkˈstɹævəɡən(t)s/
/ɛkˈstɹævəɡən(t)s/

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Borrowed from French extravagance, from Medieval Latin extra + vagor (“to wander”).

noun extravagances

countable, uncountable Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.
countable, uncountable Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands. The visions of romance were over. Catherine was completely awakened. Henry’s address, short as it had been, had more thoroughly opened her eyes to the extravagance of her late fancies than all their several disappointments had done.
countable, uncountable Something extravagant; something done out of extravagance. That luxury car is an extravagance you can't afford.

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noun excessive expenditure

日本語	贅沢 zeitaku
中文	奢侈 shēchǐ, 揮霍 /挥霍 huīhuò
Français	extravagance
Ελληνικά	χλιδή chlidí, υπερβολή ypervolí
Română	extravaganță
Русский	расточительство rastočitelʹstvo, транжирство tranžirstvo
العربية	إِسْرَاف ʔisrāf, تَبْذِير tabḏīr, سَرَف saraf

noun prodigality

Español	extravagancia
中文	過度 /过度 guòdù, 過分 /过分 guòfèn
Français	extravagance
Română	risipă

noun something extravagant

中文	奢侈品 shēchǐpǐn, 鋪張浪費 /铺张浪费 pūzhānglàngfèi
Français	extravagance

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@misc{extravagance_2026,
  title = {extravagance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/extravagance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}