adj. 1. b. Unreasonably high in cost; exorbitant: extravagant fees. c. Lavish or imprudent in spending money: extravagant members of the imperial court. 2. Extremely abundant; profuse: extravagant vegetation. 3. Archaic Straying beyond limits or bounds; wandering. [Middle English, unusual, rambling, from Old French, from Medieval Latin extrāvagāns, extrāvagant-, present participle of extrāvagārī, to wander : Latin extrā, outside; see EXTRA- + Latin vagārī, to wander.] ex·trava·gant·ly adv. |
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