ex·trav·a·gant /ɪkˈstrævɪgənt/
(a.)揮霍的,浪費的,奢侈的,放肆的
Ex·trav·a·gant a.
1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. [Obs.]
The extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his confine. --Shak.
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. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man. “Extravagant expense.”
Ex·trav·a·gant, 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
adj 1: unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise";
"exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition";
"overweening greed" [syn: excessive, exuberant, overweening]
2: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn:
prodigal, profligate, spendthrift]