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1. (n.) extravagance
excessive or unnecessary outlay of money.
2. extravagance
unrestrained excess, as of actions or opinions.
3. extravagance
something extravagant.
Etymology: (1635–45; < F, MF)
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| Definition of 'extravagance' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) extravagance, extravagancy
the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
"we were surprised by the extravagance of his description"
2. (noun) extravagance, prodigality, profligacy
the trait of spending extravagantly
3. (noun) extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life
excessive spending
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1. (noun) extravagance
the tendency to spend too much money
My mother tried to put a stop to his extravagance.
2. extravagance
sth unnecessary that you buy
little extravagances
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| Definition of 'extravagance' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) extravagance
a wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit
2. (noun) extravagance
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
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Sense: (of ideas, emotions etc) exaggerated or too great
extravagant praise.; His wife's extravagance reduced them to poverty; Food is a necessity, but wine is an extravagance.
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 Afrikaans: buitensporigheid |
 Arabic: تَبْذير، إفْراط |
 Bulgarian: разточителство |
 Brazilian: extravagância |
 Czech: marnotratnost |
 German: die Verschwendung |
 Danish: ekstravagance; luksus |
 Greek: σπατάλη, υπερβολή |
 Spanish: derroche |
 Estonian: pillavus |
 Farsi: ولخرجی؛ اسراف |
 Finnish: tuhlaavaisuus |
 French: dépense excessive |
 Hebrew: בִּזבּוּז רַאֲוותָנִי |
 Hindi: अतिव्यय |
 Croatian: neumjerenost, rastrošnost |
 Hungarian: szertelenség; pazarlás |
 Indonesian: pemborosan |
 Icelandic: óhófleg eyðslusemi; óhóf |
 Italian: prodigalità, sperpero |
 Japanese: ぜいたく |
 Korean: 낭비, 사치 |
 Lithuanian: išlaidumas, prabanga |
 Latvian: ekstravagance; izšķērdība |
 Malay: pemborosan |
 Dutch: verkwisting |
 Norwegian: råflotthet, ødselhet, eks |
 Polish: rozrzutność |
 Persian: ولخرجی؛ اسراف |
 Pashto: له حده زيات مصرفونكى |
 Portuguese: extravagância |
 Romanian: cheltuieli excesive; ext |
 Russian: расточительность; излишес |
 Slovak: márnotratnosť |
 Slovenian: zapravljivost; potratnost |
 Serbian: ekstravagancija |
 Swedish: extravagans |
 Thai: ความฟุ่มเฟือย |
 Turkish: müsriflik |
 Taiwanese: 奢侈 |
 Ukrainian: марнотратство |
 Urdu: فضول خرچی |
 Vietnamese: sự phung phí |
 Chinese: 奢侈 |
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