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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Extravagant

/ĕk-străv'-əg-ənt/ · Ex·trav·a·gant · IPA /ɪkˈstɹævəɡənt/
01 a. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.
  1. 1.
    Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.[Obs.]
    “The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
    “There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.” — Addison.
  3. 3.
    Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man.
02 n. One who is confined to no general rule.
  1. 1.
    One who is confined to no general rule.
  2. 2.
    Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.(Eccl. Hist.)