Definitions for extravagant
ɪkˈstræv ə gəntex·trav·a·gant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweeningadjective

   unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

   "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

2. extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthriftadjective

   recklessly wasteful

   "prodigal in their expenditures"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. extravagantadjective

   exceeding the bounds of something

2. extravagantadjective

   extreme

3. extravagantadjective

   exorbitant

4. Etymology: From and extravagant, from extravagans, past participle of extravagari, from extra + vagari.

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

1. EXTRAVAGANTadjective

   Etymology: extravagans, Latin.

   1. Wandering out of his bounds. This is the primogeneal sense, but not now in use.

   At his warning
   The extravagant and erring spirit hies
   To his confine. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   2. Roving beyond just limits or prescribed methods.

   I dare not ask for what you would not grant:
   But wishes, madam, are extravagant;
   They are not bounded with things possible;
   I may wish more than I presume to tell. John Dryden, Aurengz.

   3. Not comprehended in any thing.

   Twenty constitutions of pope John XXII. are called the extravagants; for that they being written in no order or method, vagantu extra corpus collectionum canonum. John Ayliffe, Parer.

   4. Irregular; wild.

   For a dance they seem’d
   Somewhat extravagant, and wild. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses, infinitely more beautiful than turn and polishing. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 160.

   New ideas employed my fancy all night, and composed a wild extravagant dream. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   5. Wasteful; prodigal; vainly expensive.

   An extravagant man, who has nothing else to recommend him but a false generosity, is often more beloved than a person of a much more finished character, who is defective in this particular. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 243.

2. Extravagantnoun

   One who is confined in no general rule or definition.

   We pity or laugh at those fatuous extravagants. Joseph Glanvill.

   There are certain extravagants among people of all sizes and professions; and there must be no drawing of general rules from particular exceptions. Roger L'Estrange.

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1. Extravagant

   "Extravagant" is a song by American rapper Lil Durk recorded for his fourth studio album Love Songs 4 the Streets 2. The song features vocals by Nicki Minaj. The song was produced by Julian Cruz and Skufl. Additional writing was done by Jose Julian De La Cruz, Widnick Prevalon, Nicki Minaj and Lil Durk.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Extravagantadjective

   wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign

2. Extravagantadjective

   exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse

3. Extravagantadjective

   profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man

4. Extravagantnoun

   one who is confined to no general rule

5. Extravagantnoun

   certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law

6. Etymology: [F. extravagant, fr. L. extra on the outside + vagans, -antis, p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. See Vague.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Extravagant

   eks-trav′a-gant, adj. wandering beyond bounds: irregular: unrestrained: excessive: profuse in expenses: wasteful.—ns. Extrav′agance, excess: lavish expenditure: (Milt.) digression; Extrav′agancy (Shak.), vagrancy: extravagance.—adv. Extrav′agantly.—v.i. Extrav′agāte, to wander: to exceed proper bounds. [L. extra, beyond, vagans, -antis, pr.p. of vagāri, to wander.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of extravagant in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of extravagant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of extravagant in a Sentence

1. Lee Seung-yeop:

   Golf has become very popular among the public, while at the same time it has an elitist, extravagant image and is very expensive, we feel it is right that we develop golf as a public sport, ease some of the consumers' burden, expand the sport's base and heighten the golf industry's international competitiveness.

2. Joe Bagley:

   The items are significant because we rarely see them, archaeologically, also, Puritan Boston is often seen as an extremely conservative, reserved, and religious location in the 17th century, which it was, but in wealthier houses, the residents had access to luxury goods, purchased them, and enjoyed their more extravagant lifestyle in the privacy of their own home.

3. Chief Justice John Marshall:

   This is too extravagant to be maintained.

4. Daniel Wade:

   It is extravagant. It is absurd, it is absolutely Elvis.

5. William Shenstone:

   A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.

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