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extravagance - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'extravagance' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Extravagance [ n.]
- A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.
- The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands.

Meaning of 'extravagance' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . extravagance [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
Example in sentence:
  • we were surprised by the extravagance of his description

Nearby Words:

extacy extance extancy extant extasy extatic extemporal extemporanean extemporaneous extemporarily

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