Extravagant

//ɪkˈstɹævəɡənt// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.

    "The extravagant and erring spirit hies / To his confine."

  2. 2
    Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.

    "extravagant acts, praise, or abuse"

  3. 3
    Exorbitant

    "According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle."

  4. 4
    Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.

    "an extravagant man"

Adjective
  1. 1
    unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings wordnet
  2. 2
    recklessly wasteful wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
profligateunrestrainedlavishprodigala bit muchabandoned

Example

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"This diamond ring is too extravagant for me."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English extravagaunt, from Middle French extravagant and its etymon Medieval Latin extravagans, present participle of extravagor (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagor (“to wander, stray”).

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