extravagant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
    overweening; excessive; exuberant.
    • extravagant praise
    • exuberant compliments
    • overweening ambition
    • overweening greed
  2. adjective satellite recklessly wasteful
    prodigal; spendthrift; profligate.
    • prodigal in their expenditures

WordNet

Ex*trav"a*gant adjective
Etymology
F. extravagant, fr. L. extra on the outside + vagance, antis, p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. See Vague.
Definitions
  1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. Obs.
    The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak.
  2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
    There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses. Addison.
  3. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man. "Extravagant expense." Bancroft.
Ex*trav"a*gant noun
Definitions
  1. One who is confined to no general rule. L'Estrange.
  2. pl. (Eccl. Hist.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.

Webster 1913