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extravagant

adj
/ɪkˈstɹævəɡənt/

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”).

  1. derived from extra
  2. derived from extravagans
  3. derived from extravagant
  4. inherited from extravagaunt

Definitions

  1. Exceeding the bounds of something

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

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

  2. Extreme

    Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.

    • extravagant acts, praise, or abuse
    • There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.

  3. Exorbitant

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Profuse in expenditure

      Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.

      • an extravagant man
      • extravagant expense
      • some of the Quakers were extravagant and foolish

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Derived

extravagancy, extravagantly, extravagantness, overextravagant, unextravagant

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at extravagant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01extravagant02unrestrained03immoderate04moderate05mild06overly07excessive

A definitional loop anchored at extravagant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at extravagant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA