单词 | exorbitant |
释义 | exorbitant —exorbitantly, adv. /ig zawr"bi teuhnt/, adj. exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, esp. in amount or extent; highly excessive: to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury. [1425-75; late ME < LL exorbitant- (s. of exorbitans, prp. of exorbitare to go out of the track), equiv. to ex- EX-1 + orbit(a) wheel track (see ORBIT) + -ant- -ANT] Syn. inordinate, outrageous, extreme, extravagant, unreasonable, unconscionable. Ant. fair, reasonable. |
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