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English

Etymology

extravagantem

Adjective

exceeding the bounds of something
extreme
exorbitant

Translations

Czech: výstřední
German: extravagant#German|extravagant

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French

Adjective

extravagant

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German

Etymology

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Extravaganz

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Extravagant \Ex*trav"a*gant\, a. [F. extravagant, fr. L. extra
on the outside + vagans, -antis, p. pr. of vagari to wander,
from vagus wandering, vague. See Vague.]
1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.
[Obs.]
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The extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his confine. --Shak.
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2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as,
extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
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There appears something nobly wild and extravagant
in great natural geniuses. --Addison.
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3. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an
extravagant man. "Extravagant expense." --Bancroft.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Extravagant \Ex*trav"a*gant\, n.
1. One who is confined to no general rule. --L'Estrange.
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2. pl. (Eccl. Hist.) Certain constitutions or decretal
epistles, not at first included with others, but
subsequently made a part of the canon law.
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WordNet extravagant
adj 1: unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise";
"exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition";
"overweening greed" [syn: excessive, exuberant, overweening]
2: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn:
prodigal, profligate, spendthrift]

Moby Dictionary
Babylonian , Corinthian , Gothic , a bit much , abandoned , abounding ,
absurd , abundant , acute , affluent , aggrandized , all-sufficing ,
ample , amplified , aplenty , awe-inspiring , awful , ballyhooed ,
barbaric , baroque , beyond belief , bibulous , big , bigoted , bizarre ,
blatant , bombastic , bottomless , boundless , bounteous , bountiful ,
brain-born , brazen , brazenfaced , cockamamie , colorful , copious ,
costly , crapulent , crapulous , crazy , crude , cutthroat , cutting ,
dear , deluxe , diffuse , diffusive , disproportionate , dissipative ,
dizzy , drastic , dream-built , easy come , easy go , effuse , effusive ,
egregious , elaborate , elegant , enormous , epidemic , exacting ,
exaggerated , excessive , exhaustless , exorbitant , expensive ,
extortionate , extreme , extremist , exuberant , fabulous , fanatic ,
fanciful , fancy , fancy-born , fancy-built , fancy-woven , fantasque ,
fantastic , fat , fecund , fertile , fierce , fine , flagrant ,
flamboyant , flaring , flashy , flaunting , florid , flush , foolish ,
formless , full , furious , galore , garish , gassy , gaudy , generous ,
gigantic , glaring , glorious , gluttonous , gorgeous , gouging , grand ,
grandiloquent , grandiose , great , grossly overpriced , grotesque ,
gushing , gushy , haggard , high , high-flown , high-sounding ,
high-swelling , highfalutin , highfaluting , hyperbolic ,
hypertrophied , immoderate , implausible , imposing , impractical ,
impressive , improvident , in plenty , in quantity , incontinent ,
incredible , indulgent , inexhaustible , inflated , inflationary ,
inordinate , intemperate , intense , irrational , laughable , lavish ,
liberal , loud , ludicrous , lurid , luxuriant , luxurious , maggoty ,
magnificent , magnified , majestic , many , maximal , meretricious ,
monstrous , much , noble , nonsensical , notional , numerous , obtrusive ,
opulent , ornate , ostentatious , out of bounds , out of sight ,
outlandish , outrageous , outre , overbig , overdeveloped , overdone ,
overdrawn , overemphasized , overemphatic , overenthusiastic ,
overestimated , overflowing , overgenerous , overgreat , overgrown ,
overindulgent , overindulging , overlarge , overlavish , overliberal ,
overmuch , overpraised , overpriced , overreligious , oversold ,
overstated , overstressed , overweening , overwrought , overzealous ,
palatial , penny-wise and pound-foolish , perfervid , piercing ,
plenitudinous , plenteous , plentiful , plenty , pleonastic , plush ,
poppycockish , posh , pound-foolish , preposterous , pretentious ,
prevailing , prevalent , princely , prodigal , productive , profligate ,
profuse , profusive , prohibitive , prolific , proud , puffed , rabid ,
rampant , reckless , redundant , reiterative , repetitive , replete ,
rich , ridiculous , rife , rigorous , riotous , ritzy , rococo , rough ,
running over , screaming , self-indulgent , sensational , severe ,
shameless , sharp , showy , silly , skyrocketing , spectacular ,
spendthrift , spiraling , splendacious , splendid , splendiferous ,
splitting , stately , steep , stiff , stretched , sumptuous ,
superabundant , superb , superfancy , superfine , superlative , swank ,
swanky , swell , swinish , swollen , tall , tautologous , tawdry ,
teeming , too much , tough , touted , towering , ultrazealous ,
unbalanced , unbridled , unconscionable , unconstrained , uncontrolled ,
undeserved , undisciplined , undue , unfrugal , unjustifiable ,
unjustified , unlimited , unmeasurable , unmeasured , unreasonable ,
unrestrained , unthrifty , unwarranted , usurious , vehement , venomous ,
violent , virulent , vulgar , wasteful , wealthy , weird , well-found ,
well-furnished , well-provided , well-stocked , whimsical , wholesale ,
wild , wild-eyed , wild-looking , windy , zealotic