extravagant
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extravagant
- /ɪkˈstɹævəɡənt/
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English extravagaunt, from Middle French extravagant and its etymon Medieval Latin extravagans, present participle of extravagor (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagor (“to wander, stray”).
adjective more extravagant · most extravagant
- Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign. The extravagant and erring spirit hies / To his confine.
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Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
extravagant acts, praise, or abuse
Similar: immoderate, lavish, unrestrained, devilish, excessive, horrendous, de trop, extravagant, extreme, intemperate, nimious, obscene
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Exorbitant
According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal b
Similar: extortionate, inordinate, disproportionate, exorbiant, exorbitant, extortionable, extortious, extravagant, penal, sky-high, usurious
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Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.
an extravagant man
Similar: profligate, squandering, extravagant, improvident, imprudent, lavish, loose-handed, prodigal, reckless, spendthrift, uneconomical, unthrifty
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: excessive, prodigal, overweening, profligate, exuberant, spendthrift, wasteful, unrestrained, nimious, exorbitant, undue, exaggerated, luxurious, flamboyant, extraordinary, fanciful
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adj exceeding the bounds of something
| Español | extravagante |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사치 sachi |
| 中文 | 奢侈 shèchí, 奢華 /奢华 shēhuá |
| Português | extravagante |
| Français | extravagant |
| Deutsch | extravagant |
| Italiano | stravagante, estravagante |
| Română | extravagant |
| Русский | неумеренный neumerennyj, непоме́рный nepomérnyj |
adj exorbitant
| 中文 | 奢侈 shèchí |
|---|---|
| Русский | чрезме́рный črezmérnyj |
adj profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful
| العربية | مُسْرِف musrif |
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title = {extravagant},
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