Found 3 items, similar to Extravagance.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: extravagance
keroyalan, pemborosan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: extravagance
extravagance
n 1: the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum
or probability or truth;
“we were surprised by the
extravagance of his description” [syn:
extravagancy]
2: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn:
prodigality,
profligacy]
3: excessive spending [syn:
prodigality,
lavishness,
highlife,
high life]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Extravagance
Extravagance
\Ex*trav"a*gance\, n. [Cf. F. extravagance. See
Extravagant, and cf.
Extravaganza.]
1. A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally
from the usual way, course, or limit.
[1913 Webster]
2. The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond
bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess;
especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and
superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of
anger, love, expression, imagination, demands.
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Some verses of my own, Maximin and Almanzor, cry
vengeance on me for their extravagance. --Dryden.
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The income of three dukes was enough to supply her
extravagance. --Arbuthnot.
Syn: Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion;
waste; lavishness; unreasonableness; recklessness.
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