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Extravagant

Extravagant Meaning & Definition
Extravagant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Extravagant?

[adj] unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
[adj] recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Extravagant: excessive | exuberant | overweening | prodigal | profligate | spendthrift | unrestrained | wasteful

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Extravagant In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\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.

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