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ɪkˈstravəg(ə)nt,
ɛk-/
adj.
- lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.
▸resulting from or showing this:
extravagant gifts.
- exceeding what is reasonable or appropriate:
extravagant claims.
Derivative
- extravagance n.
- extravagancy n.
- extravagantly adv.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘unusual, unsuitable’): from med. L. extravagant-, extravagari ‘diverge greatly’, from L. extra- ‘outside’ + vagari ‘wander’.