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exorbitant
(encz) | exorbitant,horentní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
exorbitant
(encz) | exorbitant,nehorázný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
exorbitant
(encz) | exorbitant,přehnaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Exorbitant
(gcide) | Exorbitant \Ex*or"bi*tant\, a. [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of
exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf.
F. exorbitant. See Orbit.]
1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating
from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed
rules or established limits of right or propriety;
excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as,
exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges,
demands, or claims.
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Foul exorbitant desires. --Milton.
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2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
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The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant,
and such as their laws had not provided for.
--Hooker.
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exorbitant
(wn) | exorbitant
adj 1: greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;
"exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an
outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest
rate"; "unconscionable spending" [syn: exorbitant,
extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable,
usurious] |
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exorbitantly
(encz) | exorbitantly,nadměrně adv: Zdeněk Brožexorbitantly,přehnaně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Exorbitant
(gcide) | Exorbitant \Ex*or"bi*tant\, a. [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of
exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf.
F. exorbitant. See Orbit.]
1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating
from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed
rules or established limits of right or propriety;
excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as,
exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges,
demands, or claims.
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Foul exorbitant desires. --Milton.
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2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
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The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant,
and such as their laws had not provided for.
--Hooker.
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Exorbitantly
(gcide) | Exorbitantly \Ex*or"bi*tant*ly\, adv.
In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.
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exorbitantly
(wn) | exorbitantly
adv 1: to an exorbitant degree; "prices are exorbitantly high in
the capital" [syn: exorbitantly, extortionately,
usuriously] |
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