Definitions for extravagance
ɪkˈstræv ə gənsex·trav·a·gance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. extravagance, extravagancynoun

   the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth

   "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description"

2. extravagance, prodigality, profligacynoun

   the trait of spending extravagantly

3. extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high lifenoun

   excessive spending

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. extravagancenoun

   excessive or superfluous expenditure of money

2. extravagancenoun

   prodigality as in extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.

3. Etymology: From extra + vagari.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Extravagance, Extravagancynoun

   Etymology: extravagans, Latin.

   1. Excursion or sally beyond prescribed limits.

   I have troubled you too far with this extravagance: I shall make no delay to recall myself into the road again, having been taught by you those several particulars. Henry Hammond.

   2. Irregularity; wildness.3. Outrage; violence; outrageous vehemence.

   How many, by the wild fury and extravagancy of their own passions, have put their bodies into a combustion, and by stirring up their rage against others, have armed that fierce humour against themselves. John Tillotson, Sermon 4.

   4. Unnatural tumour; bombast.

   I remember some verses of my own, Maximin and Almanzor, which cry vengeance upon me for their extravagance. John Dryden, Spanish Fryar, Dedication.

   5. Waste; vain and superfluous expence.

   She used to come home in her cups, and break the china and the looking-glasses; and was of such an irregular temper, and so entirely given up to her passion, that you might argue as well with the North-wind as with her ladyship; so expensive, that the income of three dukes was not enough to supply her extravagance. Arbuthnot.

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1. extravagance

   Extravagance is a behavior or act of spending excessive or lavish amounts of money, living a luxurious lifestyle, or possessing items of high cost, often beyond what is necessary or reasonable. It can also refer to actions characterized by excess, overindulgence, or elaborate display.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Extravagancenoun

   a wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit

2. Extravagancenoun

   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

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. extravagance

   Lavishness in décor or lifestyle.

   The driver spends with extravagance which makes me wonder where the money comes from.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on April 7, 2019  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of extravagance in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of extravagance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of extravagance in a Sentence

1. David Pratt:

   Jargon allows us to camouflage intellectual poverty with verbal extravagance.

2. Charles Caleb Colton:

   Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

3. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne:

   The finest lives, in my opinion, are those who rank in the common model, and with the human race, but without miracle, without extravagance.

4. Jennie Jerome Churchill:

   We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.

5. Susanne Langer:

   In human life, art may arise from almost any activity, and once it does so, it is launched on a long road of exploration, invention, freedom to the limits of extravagance, interference to the point of frustration, finally discipline, controlling constant change and growth.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=extravagance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Extravagance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=extravagance
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extravagance