lavish, profligate; costly; excessive
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Extravagant Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Extravagant Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who is confined to no general rule.
One who is confined to no general rule.
(n.)
Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.
Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.
(a.)
Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.
Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.
(a.)
Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man.
Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man.
(a.)
Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutExceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
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.] the extravagant and erring spirit hies to his confine.
2. exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse. there appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.
3. profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man. "extravagant expense."
extravagant
\ex*trav"a*gant\, n. 1. one who is confined to no general rule.
2. pl. (eccl. hist.) certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.
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]
similar words(1)
an extravagant
Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.
Adjective
1. unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
(synonym) excessive, exuberant, overweening
(similar) unrestrained
2. recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
(synonym) prodigal, profligate, spendthrift
(similar) wasteful
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