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extravagant(dictionary)

extravagant (iou)



extravagant adjective & noun. LME.
[medieval Latin extravagant-, from Latin EXTRA- + vagant- pres. ppl stem of vagari wander: see -ANT1. Also infl. in gen. sense by French extravagant, Italian (e)stravagante.]
A. adjective.
Widely divergent or discrepant; irrelevant. (Foll. by from, to.) LME-M17.
Varying widely from what is usual or proper; unusual, abnormal, strange; unbecoming, unsuitable. LME-E18.
T. Fuller Persons..treacherously slain, which occasioned their hasty..and extravagant interment.
Roman Catholic Church. Designating certain medieval papal decrees, orig. not collected in the decretals. LME.
Exceeding the bounds of reason; showing a lack of restraint or moderation; absurdly or astonishingly excessive or elaborate. L16.
W. H. Ireland The extravagant panegyrist of various living characters. G. Saintsbury It is..not in the least extravagant to regard Sir Thomas Browne as the greatest prose-writer in the English language. F. King Her writing, backward-sloping and all extravagant loops and swirls.
That wanders out of bounds; straying, vagrant. obsolete exc. with allus. to Shakes. E17.
Shakespeare Hamlet Th' extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine.
b. Of a soldier: not assigned to one place of duty; having a roving commission. Only in 17.
Spreading or projecting beyond bounds; straggling. E-M17.
Evelyn Cutting the too thick and extravagant Roots a little.
Exceeding the bounds of economy or necessity in expenditure, way of life, etc.; profuse, prodigal, wasteful; (of a price) exorbitant. E18.
M. Roberts Madly extravagant and out of season, but I felt like having a treat.
b. noun.
Roman Catholic Church. An extravagant decree. E16.
A person who strays or wanders (lit. & fig.). L16-M17.
a. An exceptional or eccentric person; a fanatic. E17-E18.
b. A person who is extravagant in expenditure, way of life, etc. M18-E19.
An extravagant act, statement, etc. E17-E18.
extravagantly adverb E17.