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extravagant |
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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