extravagance

ex·trav·a·gance

a going beyond reasonable or proper limits in conduct or speech; unreasonable excess
a spending of more than is reasonable or necessary; excessive expenditure; wastefulness
an instance of excess in spending, behavior, or speech

Origin of extravagance

Fr: see extravagant

Also ex·trav′a·gan·cy

noun

pl. -·cies

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extravagance

noun

The quality of being extravagant: the extravagance of the furnishings; the extravagance of his rhetoric.
Immoderate spending: His extravagance led to his financial ruin.
Something extravagant. See Synonyms at luxury.

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Noun

(plural extravagances)

excessive or superfluous expenditure of money
prodigality as in extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.

Antonyms

Origin

From French extravagance, from Medieval Latin extra + vagari (“to wander”).

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The above remarks are an attempt to correct extravagance in either direction.
Impoverished by these different causes, as well as by prodigal extravagance in interior expenditure, by shameless venality among the ruling classes, and by continual wars, of which the cost, whether they were successful or not, was enormous, the public treasury was frequently empty.
Licentiousness, extravagance and an utter disregard for human life were his weak points, but he was loyal, generous and magnanimous.
The excitement, extravagance and waste.
The dissipation and extravagance of his youth exceeded all limits and surprised his contemporaries.

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