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Webster 1913 Edition


Extravagance

Ex-trav′a-gance

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
extravagance
. See
Extravagant
, and cf.
Extravaganza
.]
1.
A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.
2.
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
.
Some verses of my own, Maximin and Almanzor, cry vengeance on me for their
extravagance
.
Dryden.
Syn. – Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion; waste; lavishness; unreasonableness; recklessness.

Webster 1828 Edition


Extravagance

EXTRAV'AGANCE