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Meaning of 'extravagant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Extravagant [ a.]
- Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.
- Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
- Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man.
2 . Extravagant [ n.]
- One who is confined to no general rule.
- Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.

Meaning of 'extravagant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . extravagant [ s]
Meaning (1):
- unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
Example in sentence:
  • extravagant praise;
  • exuberant compliments;
  • overweening ambition;
  • overweening greed
Meaning (2):
- recklessly wasteful
Example in sentence:
  • prodigal in their expenditures

Nearby Words:

extacy extance extancy extant extasy extatic extemporal extemporanean extemporaneous extemporarily

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