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English Dictionary: extravagant	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for extravagant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
extravagant adj unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" Synonym(s): excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" Synonym(s): extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extravagant \Extrav"agant\, 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extravagant \Extrav"agant\, 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. [bd]Extravagant expense.[b8] --Bancroft.