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View synonyms for extravagancy

extravagancy

[ ik-strav-uh-guhn-see ]

noun

, plural ex·trav·a·gan·cies.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of extravagancy1

First recorded in 1615–25; extravag(ant) + -ancy

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Example Sentences

Hocus fed her extravagancy (what was still more shameful) with John's own money.

So soon as people have a little money they run into extravagancy, get in debt, and down it goes.

This extravagancy, I can assure you, was believed by many above peuple.

A more curious extravagancy was uttered to me by a professor of applied mathematics.

What extravagancy is not man capable of entertaining, when once his shackled reason is led in triumph by fancy and prejudice!

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