Definitions for: Extravagant

[adj] unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
[adj] recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]

The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his
confine. --Shak.

2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as,
extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.

There appears something nobly wild and extravagant
in great natural geniuses. --Addison.

3. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an
extravagant man. ``Extravagant expense.'' --Bancroft.

Ex*trav"a*gant, n.
1. One who is confined to no general rule. --L'Estrange.

2. pl. (Eccl. Hist.) Certain constitutions or decretal
epistles, not at first included with others, but
subsequently made a part of the canon law.

Synonyms: excessive, exuberant, overweening, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, unrestrained, wasteful

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