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adjective

Extravagant adj.

1.

Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. (Obs.) "The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine."

2.

Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse. "There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses."

3.

Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man. "Extravagant expense."

noun

Extravagant n.

1.

One who is confined to no general rule.

2.

pl. (Eccl. Hist.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.

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"Extravagant" Quotes from Famous Books

... regarding the Turkish Convention, that, possibly it was necessary to sustain the credit of the country, but whether that credit should be sustained at such a price remained for the people to determine at the polls. He rejoiced that these most unwise, extravagant, unwarrantable, unconstitutional and dangerous proceedings had not been the work of the Liberal party, but he was grieved to think that any party should be found in England ...

— The Grand Old Man • Richard B. Cook

... expect an affirmative reply to this question, I fear no censure in saying that the evening passed on Doctor Dastick's piazza made me feel there was a possibility of social intercourse resembling the extravagant spirituality of the mystics, when the soul bounds to the height of joyful knowledge, and without process or medium ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XI., April, 1863, No. LXVI. - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics. • Various

... merely literal possibilities of which have been so little developed as the full faith and credit clause. Congress has the power under the clause to decree the effect that the statutes of one State shall have in other States. This being so, it does not seem extravagant to argue that Congress may under the clause describe a certain type of divorce and say that it shall be granted recognition throughout the Union, and that no other kind shall. Or to speak in more general terms, ...

— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

... during the siege of Troy (this is generally considered spurious). According to Alcidamas, the highest aim of the orator was the power of speaking extempore on every conceivable subject. Aristotle (Rhet. iii. 3) criticizes his writings as characterized by pomposity of style and an extravagant use of poetical epithets and compounds and far-fetched metaphors. Of other works only fragments and the titles have survived: Messeniakos, advocating the freedom of the Messenians and containing the sentiment that "all are by nature free''; a Eulogy of Death, in consideration of the wide extent ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... her baby," said Aunt E.; "so plump, so rosy, and good-natured, and always clean as a lily. This baby is a sort of household shrine; nothing is too sacred or too good for it; and I believe the little thrifty woman feels only one temptation to be extravagant, and that is to get some ornaments ...

— The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings • Harriet Beecher Stowe

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