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exorbitant

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ex⋅or⋅bi⋅tant

  [ig-zawr-bi-tuhnt]
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–adjective
exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, esp. in amount or extent; highly excessive: to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < LL exorbitant- (s. of exorbitāns, prp. of exorbitāre to go out of the track), equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + orbit(a) wheel track (see orbit ) + -ant- -ant

Related forms:
ex⋅or⋅bi⋅tant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
inordinate, outrageous, extreme, extravagant, unreasonable, unconscionable.

Antonyms:
fair, reasonable.
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ex·or·bi·tant   (ĭg-zôr'bĭ-tənt)   
adj.  Exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness: exorbitant prices. See Synonyms at excessive.

[Middle English, aberrant, flagrant, from Old French, excessive, extreme, from Late Latin exorbitāns, exorbitant-, present participle of exorbitāre, to deviate : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin orbita, path, track; see orbit.]
ex·or'bi·tant·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

exorbitant 
1437, from L. exorbitantem (nom. exorbitans), prp. of exorbitare "deviate, go out of the track," from ex- "out of" + orbita "wheel track." Originally "deviating from rule or principle, eccentric;" sense of "excessive, immoderate" (of prices, rates, etc.) first recorded 1670.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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