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extravagant

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ex⋅trav⋅a⋅gant

  [ik-strav-uh-guhnt]
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–adjective
1. spending much more than is necessary or wise; wasteful: an extravagant shopper.
2. excessively high: extravagant expenses; extravagant prices.
3. exceeding the bounds of reason, as actions, demands, opinions, or passions.
4. going beyond what is deserved or justifiable: extravagant praise.
5. Obsolete. wandering beyond bounds.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML extrāvagant- (s. of extrāvagāns), prp. of extrāvagārī, equiv. to extrā- extra- + vagārī to wander

Related forms:
ex⋅trav⋅a⋅gant⋅ly, adverb
ex⋅trav⋅a⋅gant⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. imprudent, spendthrift, prodigal. 2. immoderate, excessive, inordinate. 3. unreasonable, unrestrained, fantastic, wild, absurd, preposterous.

Antonyms:
1. prudent, thrifty. 2. moderate. 3. reasonable.
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ex·trav·a·gant   (ĭk-strāv'ə-gənt)   
adj.  

  1. Given to lavish or imprudent expenditure: extravagant members of the imperial court.

  2. Exceeding reasonable bounds: extravagant demands. See Synonyms at excessive.

  3. Extremely abundant; profuse: extravagant vegetation.

  4. Unreasonably high; exorbitant: extravagant fees.

  5. Archaic Straying beyond limits or bounds; wandering.


[Middle English, unusual, rambling, from Old French, from Medieval Latin extrāvagāns, extrāvagant-, present participle of extrāvagārī, to wander : Latin extrā, outside; see extra- + Latin vagārī, to wander.]
ex·trav'a·gant·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

extravagant 
1387, from M.L. extravagantem, originally a word in Canon Law for uncodified papal decrees, prp. of extravagari "wander outside or beyond," from L. extra "outside of" + vagari "wander, roam." Extended sense of "excessive, extreme" first recorded 1599; that of "wasteful, lavish" 1711. Extravaganza is a 1754 borrowing of the It. version of the word, meaning "peculiar behavior" at first; sense of "fantastic performance" is 1794.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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