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extravagance
(encz) | extravagance,marnotratnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
extravagance
(encz) | extravagance,výstřednost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Extravagance
(gcide) | Extravagance \Ex*trav"a*gance\, n. [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.
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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.
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Some verses of my own, Maximin and Almanzor, cry
vengeance on me for their extravagance. --Dryden.
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The income of three dukes was enough to supply her
extravagance. --Arbuthnot.
Syn: Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion;
waste; lavishness; unreasonableness; recklessness.
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extravagance
(wn) | extravagance
n 1: the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum
or probability or truth; "we were surprised by the
extravagance of his description" [syn: extravagance,
extravagancy]
2: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance,
prodigality, profligacy]
3: excessive spending [syn: extravagance, prodigality,
lavishness, highlife, high life] |
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