Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - extravagant
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Extravagant
extravagant
1. Someone who is extravagant spends more money than they can afford or uses more of something than is reasonable. We are not extravagant; restaurant meals are a luxury and designer clothes are out... ADJ • extravagantly Jeff had shopped extravagantly for presents for the whole family. ADV: ADV with v 2. Something that is extravagant costs more money than you can afford or uses more of something than is reasonable. Her Aunt Sallie gave her an uncharacteristically extravagant gift... ...her extravagant lifestyle. ADJ • extravagantly By supercar standards, though, it is not extravagantly priced for a beautifully engineered machine. ADV: ADV adj/-ed 3. Extravagant behaviour is extreme behaviour that is often done for a particular effect. He was extravagant in his admiration of Hellas... They may make extravagant shows of generosity. ADJ • extravagantly ...extravagantly bizarre clothes. ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj 4. Extravagant claims or ideas are unrealistic or impractical. They have to compete by adorning their products with ever more extravagant claims... Don’t be afraid to consider apparently extravagant ideas. = wild ADJ: usu ADJ n c darkgreen]disapproval
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1.
adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin ~-, extravagans, from Latin extra- + vagant-, vagans, present participle of vagari to wander about, from vagus wandering Date: 15th century 1. a. obsolete strange, curious b. archaic wandering 2. a. exceeding the limits of reason or necessity ~ claims b. lacking in moderation, balance, and restraint ~ praise c. extremely or excessively elaborate an ~ display 3. a. spending much more than necessary has always been ~ with her money b. profuse, lavish 4. extremely or unreasonably high in price an ~ purchase Synonyms: see excessive • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. 1 spending (esp. money) excessively; immoderate or wasteful in use of resources. 2 exorbitant; costing much. 3 exceeding normal restraint or sense; unreasonable, absurd (extravagant claims). Derivatives extravagantly adv. Etymology: ME f. med.L extravagari (as EXTRA-, vagari wander) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. расточительный extravagant tastes and habits —- вкусы и привычки, требующие больших расходов extravagant of time —- тратящий время попусту 2. сумасбродный, нелепый; экстравагантный (об одежде, поведении) 3. непомерный (о требованиях и т. п.) to be extravagant in one's admiration of —- неуместно восторгаться (кем-л.) 4. крайний (о мнении, убеждениях) 5. уст. скитающийся; блуждающий ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
adj. 1) расточительный 2) сумасбродный, нелепый; экстравагантный (о внешности, поступке) 3) непомерный (о требованиях, цене) 4) крайний (о взглядах, мнении) 5) obs. блуждающий ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ adj 1 spending a lot of money on things that are not necessary (It was very extravagant of you to spend -500 on a dress.) 2 extravagant with sth using too much of something or wasting it (We mustn't be too extravagant with the electricity.) 3 very impressive because of being very expensive, beautiful etc (Myra and Paul decided to give an extravagant dinner party.) 4 ideas or behaviour that are extravagant are too extreme and are not sensible (extravagant claims about the effectiveness of the system) - extravagantly adv - extravagance n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- early 14c., from M.L. extravagantem, originally a word in Canon Law for uncodified papal decrees, prp. of extravagari "wander outside or beyond," from L. extra "outside of" + vagari "wander, roam." Extended sense of "excessive, extreme" first recorded 1599; that of "wasteful, lavish" 1711. Extravaganza is a 1754 borrowing of the It. version of the word, meaning "peculiar behavior" at first; sense of "fantastic performance" is 1794. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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