adj. Going beyond what is reasonable or customary, especially in cost or price: exorbitant rent; exorbitant telephone bills. [Middle English, aberrant, flagrant, from Old French, excessive, extreme, from Late Latin exorbitāns, exorbitant-, present participle of exorbitāre, to deviate : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin orbita, path, track; see ORBIT.] ex·orbi·tant·ly adv. |
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