Extravagation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A straying beyond limits; excess. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "By reaso[n] of which their digressions and extravagations, the ancients assigned the Zodiaque 12. Degrees of Latitude."

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blatancydashdazzleextravaganceextravaganzaflamboyance

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"By reaso[n] of which their digressions and extravagations, the ancients assigned the Zodiaque 12. Degrees of Latitude."

Etymology

From extravagate + -ion.

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