extravagancen.

/ɛkˈstravəɡəns/

Etymology: < French extravagance, < late Latin extravagant-em : see extravagant adj. and n. and -ance suffix.

†1. A going out of the usual path; an excursion, digression. Also, the position or fact of erring from (a prescribed path). literal and figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > deviation from straight course

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circumferencea1549

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extravagancya1616

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deviation1646

outstepping1656

left1675

detour1738

1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 47 A doctrine of that extravagance from the sage principles of piety.

1645 H. Hammond Pract. Catech. i. i. 11 I have troubled you too farre by this extravagance, I shall make no delay to recall my selfe into the rode againe.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 15 Sollicited me for my Company in a Journey..to the Spa..laying before me..the Benefit of that small Extravagance.

2. The quality of being extravagant or of exceeding just or prescribed limits, esp. those of decorum, probability, or truth; unrestrained excess; fantastic absurdity (of opinions, conduct, etc.); outrageous exaggeration or violence (of language).

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun]

unimetec888

unmethelOE

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ragec1330

reveriec1350

delavinessc1380

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superfluityc1405

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intemperacy?1541

untemperance?1541

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immoderateness1569

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inordinancya1617

immoderation1640

extravagancy1651

debauch1672

extravagance1676

incontinency1715

extravaganza1754

incontinence1836

unmeasuredness1864

the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [noun] > extravagant behaviour

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extravagance1676

extravaganza1754

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. ii. 40 L. Town. Here's the freshest Fool in Town..Dor...Sooth him up in his extravagance!

1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar Ded. sig. A2^v Some Verses of my own Maximin and Almanzor which cry, Vengeance upon me for their Extravagance.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 18 Apr. (1965) I. 350 You will accuse me of extravagance in this Description.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. iv. 207 The extravagance of the Braminical chronology and geography.

1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 392 Not to enfeeble the freedom or vigour of human thought in religious speculation, but to resist and control its extravagance.

3. An instance or kind of extravagance; an extravagant notion, statement, piece of conduct, etc.; an irrational excess, an absurdity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [noun] > extravagant behaviour > instance of

extravagancy1625

extravagance1650

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > instance of

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monstruosity1601

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incongruitya1626

monstrosity1639

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ridiculea1658

fadoodlea1670

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irrationalitya1680

ridiculosity1773

whimsy-whamsy1807

absurdism1815

nonsensity1834

nonsensical1842

nonsensicalitya1850

fandango1856

fandangle1880

bollock1919

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine v. i. 143 Many maps are full of affected extravagancies.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 71 So Men, who one Extravagance would shun, Into the contrary Extreme have run.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 20 An Excess of Joy..has a Thousand Extravagancies in it.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. 69 Later writers..did not follow Hilary in this extravagance.

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) I. 80 The extravagances of ignorance and credulity.

1857 J. Keble On Eucharistical Adoration 1 Had there been no abuse, error or extravagance connected with the practice.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 181 Impatient of the extravagances to which the love of truth almost necessarily leads.

4. Excessive prodigality or wastefulness in expenditure, household management, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]

overflowingnessOE

wastinga1300

prodigality1340

misdispendingc1390

misspendingc1390

fool-largessec1405

wantonness1448

fool-largec1450

dilapidationc1460

lavish1483

consuminga1538

profusion1545

sumptuosity1550

wastefulness1551

lashing1556

lavishing1574

profuseness1584

lavishness1590

misspense1591

wastening1604

outlashing1611

duck and drake1614

largesse1614

lavishment1630

squandering1632

prodigence1634

dissipation1639

wastry1645

profusiveness1655

high living1656

nepotation1656

extravagancy1666

extravagance1727

profligacy1792

squander1806

profligateness1817

wastrife1818

spendthriftism1862

wasterfulness1884

high-rolling1890

prodigalism1896

spendthriftiness1950

squanderbugging1966

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun]

overflowingnessOE

fool-largessec1405

fool-largec1450

improvidencec1450

wastry1645

extravagancy1666

extravagance1727

thriftlessness1817

hand-to-mouth1835

spendthriftism1862

imprevision1883

banging1897

spendthriftiness1950

grasshoppering1956

1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins v. 133 They [the Romans] arrived by degrees to an incredible extravagance.

1805 J. Foster Ess. i. iii. 35 Extravagance of ostentatious wealth.

1817 M. Edgeworth Rose, Thistle, & Shamrock ii. ii, in Comic Dramas 310 Such extravagance, to give a penny, and a silver penny for what you may have for nothing.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iii. 17 I can't support them in their extravagances.

1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ii. 23 Do you think I would take the child to London to show her its extravagance.

1894 N.E.D. at Extravagance Mod. The cook's extravagance was too much for mencoree.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	extravagance
释义	extravagancen. /ɛkˈstravəɡəns/ Etymology: < French extravagance, < late Latin extravagant-em : see extravagant adj. and n. and -ance suffix. †1. A going out of the usual path; an excursion, digression. Also, the position or fact of erring from (a prescribed path). literal and figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [noun] > deviation from straight course turna1400 circuit1483 circumferencea1549 wrying1592 extravagation1611 extravagancya1616 extravagance1644 deviation1646 outstepping1656 left1675 detour1738 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 47 A doctrine of that extravagance from the sage principles of piety. 1645 H. Hammond Pract. Catech. i. i. 11 I have troubled you too farre by this extravagance, I shall make no delay to recall my selfe into the rode againe. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 15 Sollicited me for my Company in a Journey..to the Spa..laying before me..the Benefit of that small Extravagance. 2. The quality of being extravagant or of exceeding just or prescribed limits, esp. those of decorum, probability, or truth; unrestrained excess; fantastic absurdity (of opinions, conduct, etc.); outrageous exaggeration or violence (of language). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun] unimetec888 unmethelOE overdeeda1200 unmetheshipa1250 outragec1325 ragec1330 reveriec1350 delavinessc1380 recolagea1400 dissolutionc1400 superfluityc1405 wantonness1448 intemperancy1532 intemperacy?1541 untemperance?1541 intemperance1547 excess1552 immoderateness1569 intemperateness1571 unbridledness1571 inordinateness1577 untemperateness1578 dissoluteness1580 acrasia1590 acrasy1590 intemperature1602 inordination1615 inordinancya1617 immoderation1640 extravagancy1651 debauch1672 extravagance1676 incontinency1715 extravaganza1754 incontinence1836 unmeasuredness1864 the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [noun] > extravagant behaviour extravagancy1651 extravagance1676 extravaganza1754 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. ii. 40 L. Town. Here's the freshest Fool in Town..Dor...Sooth him up in his extravagance! 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar Ded. sig. A2^v Some Verses of my own Maximin and Almanzor which cry, Vengeance upon me for their Extravagance. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 18 Apr. (1965) I. 350 You will accuse me of extravagance in this Description. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. iv. 207 The extravagance of the Braminical chronology and geography. 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 392 Not to enfeeble the freedom or vigour of human thought in religious speculation, but to resist and control its extravagance. 3. An instance or kind of extravagance; an extravagant notion, statement, piece of conduct, etc.; an irrational excess, an absurdity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [noun] > extravagant behaviour > instance of extravagancy1625 extravagance1650 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > instance of follyc1300 absurditya1525 mumpsimus1531 trim-tram1533 foppery1546 ridicle1570 fangle1583 delirium1599 monstruosity1601 adox1606 absurd1610 extravagancy1625 incongruitya1626 monstrosity1639 extravagant1644 extravagance1650 ridiculea1658 fadoodlea1670 ridiculous1674 irrationalitya1680 ridiculosity1773 whimsy-whamsy1807 absurdism1815 nonsensity1834 nonsensical1842 nonsensicalitya1850 fandango1856 fandangle1880 bollock1919 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine v. i. 143 Many maps are full of affected extravagancies. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 71 So Men, who one Extravagance would shun, Into the contrary Extreme have run. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 20 An Excess of Joy..has a Thousand Extravagancies in it. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. 69 Later writers..did not follow Hilary in this extravagance. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) I. 80 The extravagances of ignorance and credulity. 1857 J. Keble On Eucharistical Adoration 1 Had there been no abuse, error or extravagance connected with the practice. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 181 Impatient of the extravagances to which the love of truth almost necessarily leads. 4. Excessive prodigality or wastefulness in expenditure, household management, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] overflowingnessOE wastinga1300 prodigality1340 misdispendingc1390 misspendingc1390 fool-largessec1405 wantonness1448 fool-largec1450 dilapidationc1460 lavish1483 consuminga1538 profusion1545 sumptuosity1550 wastefulness1551 lashing1556 lavishing1574 profuseness1584 lavishness1590 misspense1591 wastening1604 outlashing1611 duck and drake1614 largesse1614 lavishment1630 squandering1632 prodigence1634 dissipation1639 wastry1645 profusiveness1655 high living1656 nepotation1656 extravagancy1666 extravagance1727 profligacy1792 squander1806 profligateness1817 wastrife1818 spendthriftism1862 wasterfulness1884 high-rolling1890 prodigalism1896 spendthriftiness1950 squanderbugging1966 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] overflowingnessOE fool-largessec1405 fool-largec1450 improvidencec1450 wastry1645 extravagancy1666 extravagance1727 thriftlessness1817 hand-to-mouth1835 spendthriftism1862 imprevision1883 banging1897 spendthriftiness1950 grasshoppering1956 1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins v. 133 They [the Romans] arrived by degrees to an incredible extravagance. 1805 J. Foster Ess. i. iii. 35 Extravagance of ostentatious wealth. 1817 M. Edgeworth Rose, Thistle, & Shamrock ii. ii, in Comic Dramas 310 Such extravagance, to give a penny, and a silver penny for what you may have for nothing. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iii. 17 I can't support them in their extravagances. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ii. 23 Do you think I would take the child to London to show her its extravagance. 1894 N.E.D. at Extravagance Mod. The cook's extravagance was too much for mencoree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1644
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