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extravagant [ɪk'strævəgənt](a) (wasteful, profligate → person) dépensier, prodigue; (→ tastes) de luxe, dispendieux; (→ lifestyle) dispendieux;∎ that was much too extravagant of you tu as fait des folies;∎ I think you're being a bit extravagant, having the central heating on all the time je trouve que c'est du gaspillage de laisser le chauffage central allumé en permanence comme tu le fais;∎ to be extravagant with one's money être gaspilleur ou dépensier, gaspiller son argent(b) (exaggerated → idea, opinion) extravagant; (→ claim, comparison) exagéré; (→ behaviour, prices) extravagant, excessif; (→ praise) outré;∎ to make extravagant claims avoir des prétentions exagérées;∎ extravagant claims have been made for the drug certaines propriétés ont été attribuées abusivement à ce médicament;∎ his extravagant prose style le style excessif de sa proseUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > extravagant
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