2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extravagance \Ex*trav"a*gance\, n. [Cf. F. extravagance. See
{Extravagant}, and cf {Extravaganza}.]
1. A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally
from the usual way course, or limit.
2. The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond
bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess;
especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and
superfluous expense; prodigality; as extravagance of
anger, love, expression, imagination, demands.
Some verses of my own Maximin and Almanzor cry
vengeance on me for their extravagance. --Dryden.
The income of three dukes was enough to supply her
extravagance. --Arbuthnot.
Syn: Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion;
waste; lavishness; unreasonableness; recklessness.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
extravagance
n 1: something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
[syn: {luxury}]
2: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: {prodigality}, {profligacy}]
3: excessive spending [syn: {prodigality}, {lavishness}]
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