Exorbitant Definition

ĭg-zôrbĭ-tənt
adjective
Going beyond what is reasonable, just, proper, usual, etc.; excessive; extravagant.
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Origin of Exorbitant

  • 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 orbit

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Late Latin exorbitāns, the present active participle of exorbitō (“I go out of the track”), from ex (“out”) + orbita (“wheel-track”); see orbit. Compare the French exorbitant.

    From Wiktionary

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