English Explanatory Dictionary

extravagance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.
  2. Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.
  3. Something extravagant; something done out of extravagance.

Pronunciation

/ɪkˈstɹævəɡən(t)s/ /ɛkˈstɹævəɡən(t)s/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-extravagance.wav

Word forms

extravagance extravagances

Etymology

Borrowed from French extravagance, from Medieval Latin extra + vagor (“to wander”).

Synonyms

excess irregularity lavishness prodigality profusion recklessness unreasonableness waste wildness

Antonyms

frugality economize moderation

Related words

extravagancies extravagancy extravagantly extravaganza extravagate extravagation
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