Definitions for: Exorbitant


[adj] greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*or"bi*tant, a. [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of
exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf.
F. exorbitant. See Orbit.]
1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating
from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed
rules or established limits of right or propriety;
excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as,
exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges,
demands, or claims.

Foul exorbitant desires. --Milton.

2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.

The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant,
and such as their laws had not provided for.
--Hooker.

Synonyms: extortionate, immoderate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious

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