exorbitant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exorbitant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exorbitant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exorbitant adj greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending" Synonym(s): exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exorbitant \Exor"bitant\, a. [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See {Orbit}.] 1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims. Foul exorbitant desires. --Milton. 2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous. The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for. --Hooker.