[syn: extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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The extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his confine. --Shak.
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2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as,
extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
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There appears something nobly wild and extravagant
in great natural geniuses. --Addison.
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3. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an
extravagant man. "Extravagant expense." --Bancroft.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Extravagant \Ex*trav"a*gant\, n.
1. One who is confined to no general rule. --L'Estrange.
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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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
extravagant
adj 1: unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings;
"extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments";
"overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn:
excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening]
2: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn:
extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift]