3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extravagant \Ex*trav"a*gant\, a. [F. extravagant, fr L. extra
on the outside + vagans -antis, p. pr of vagari to wander,
from vagus wandering, vague. See {Vague}.]
1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence foreign.
[Obs.]
The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his
confine. --Shak.
2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as
extravagant acts wishes, praise, abuse.
There appears something nobly wild and extravagant
in great natural geniuses. --Addison.
3. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as an
extravagant man. ``Extravagant expense.'' --Bancroft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extravagant \Ex*trav"a*gant\, n.
1. One who is confined to no general rule --L'Estrange.
2. pl (Eccl. Hist.) Certain constitutions or decretal
epistles, not at first included with others but
subsequently made a part of the canon law.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
extravagant
adj 1: unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise";
"exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition";
"overweening greed" [syn: {excessive}, {exuberant}, {overweening}]
2: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn:
{prodigal}, {profligate}, {spendthrift}]
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