extravagate

verb
/ɛkˈstɹævəɡeɪt/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin extrāvagāt- + English -ate (suffix forming verbs). Extrāvagāt- is the participial stem of extrāvagārī, from Latin extrā (“beyond, outside of”, preposition) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs (“out”)) + vagārī (the present active infinitive of vagor (“to ramble, roam, stroll about, wander”), from vagus (“rambling, roaming, strolling, wandering”) (further etymology uncertain) + -or (the first-person singular present passive indicative of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs))).

  1. derived from *h₁éǵʰs — “out
  2. derived from extrā — “beyond, outside of

Definitions

  1. To rove.

  2. To wander beyond the limits.

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