extravagance Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
extravagancy.
- we were surprised by the extravagance of his description
noun the trait of spending extravagantly
prodigality; profligacy.
noun excessive spending
high life; highlife; prodigality; lavishness.

Cf. F. extravagance. See Extravagant, and cf. Extravaganza.

A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.
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.
Some verses of my own, Maximin and Almanzor, cry vengeance on me for their extravagance. Dryden.

The income of three dukes was enough to supply her extravagance. Arbuthnot.
Syn. -- Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion; waste; lavishness; unreasonableness; recklessness.