Hypertext Webster Gateway: "extravagant"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Extravagant \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Extravagant \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

extravagant
adj 1: unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise";
"exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition";
"overweening greed" [syn: {excessive}, {exuberant}, {overweening}]
2: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn:
{prodigal}, {profligate}, {spendthrift}]


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