EXTRAVAGANCE
\ɛkstɹˈavəɡəns], \ɛkstɹˈavəɡəns], \ɛ_k_s_t_ɹ_ˈa_v_ə_ɡ_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of EXTRAVAGANCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the trait of spending extravagantly
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the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth; "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description"
By Princeton University
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. The act of wandering beyond proper limits; irregularity; wildness excess of passion or appetite;—lavish expenditure of means or substance; vain or superfluous expense; exuberance in thought or diction; prodigality; profusion; waste; dissipation.
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Excursion or sally beyond prescribed limits; irregularity, wildness; waste, vain and superfluous expense.
By Thomas Sheridan
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