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[ik'strævəɡənt]1) (using or spending too much; wasteful: He's extravagant with money; an extravagant use of materials/energy.) ekstravagant; ødsel2) ((of ideas, emotions etc) exaggerated or too great: extravagant praise.) overdreven; vild; urealistisk•- extravagance* * *[ik'strævəɡənt]1) (using or spending too much; wasteful: He's extravagant with money; an extravagant use of materials/energy.) ekstravagant; ødsel2) ((of ideas, emotions etc) exaggerated or too great: extravagant praise.) overdreven; vild; urealistisk•- extravagance
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extravagant — ex‧trav‧a‧gant [ɪkˈstrævəgənt] adjective 1. disapproving spending a lot of money when it is not necessary: • It s a bit too extravagant to buy both. • Even when in debt, he continued to enjoy an extravagant lifestyle. 2. very extreme and not… … Financial and business terms
extravagant — ex|trav|a|gant [ıkˈstrævəgənt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: Latin vagans, present participle of vagari to wander about ] 1.) spending or costing a lot of money, especially more than is necessary or more than you can afford ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
extravagant — adjective 1 spending a lot of money on things that are not necessary: It was very extravagant of you to spend 500 on a dress. 2 extravagant with sth using too much of something or wasting it: We mustn t be too extravagant with the electricity. 3… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
extravagant — UK [ɪkˈstrævəɡənt] / US adjective 1) a) spending or costing a lot of money, especially more than is reasonable an extravagant present It would be too extravagant to go by taxi. b) using too much of something an extravagant use of natural… … English dictionary
extravagant — [ek strav′əgənt, ik strav′əgənt] adj. [ME & Anglo Fr extravagaunt < ML extravagans, prp. of extravagari, to stray < L extra, beyond + vagari, to wander < vagus: see VAGUE] 1. Obs. straying beyond bounds; wandering 2. going beyond… … English World dictionary
extravagant — ex|trav|a|gant [ ık strævəgənt ] adjective 1. ) spending or costing a lot of money, especially more than is reasonable: an extravagant present a ) using too much of something: an extravagant use of natural resources extravagant with: We ve been… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
extravagant — [14] An extravagant person is literally one who ‘wanders out of’ the proper course. The word comes from the present participle of medieval Latin extrāvagārī, a compound formed from the prefix extrā ‘outside’ and vagārī ‘wander’ (source of English … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
too much — Synonyms and related words: a bit much, abandon, abandoned, at the height, at the limit, bibulous, boundless, boundlessness, crapulence, crapulency, crapulent, crapulous, crapulousness, drunkenness, egregious, egregiousness, enormous,… … Moby Thesaurus
extravagant — [14] An extravagant person is literally one who ‘wanders out of’ the proper course. The word comes from the present participle of medieval Latin extrāvagārī, a compound formed from the prefix extrā ‘outside’ and vagārī ‘wander’ (source of English … Word origins
extravagant — Synonyms and related words: Babylonian, Corinthian, Gothic, a bit much, abandoned, abounding, absurd, abundant, acute, affluent, aggrandized, all sufficing, ample, amplified, aplenty, awe inspiring, awful, ballyhooed, barbaric, baroque, beyond… … Moby Thesaurus
extravagant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. profuse, prodigal, lavish, excessive, extreme; wasteful, profligate, rampant, wild; bombastic, fantastic; high, exorbitant, unreasonable; unreal, flighty, visionary, absurd, fanciful, grotesque. See … English dictionary for students