Extravagance

  • 11EXTRAVAGANCE — s. f. Bizarrerie, folie. Il n y a pas moyen de le guérir de son extravagance. J ai pitié de son extravagance.   Il signifie aussi, Action extravagante, discours extravagant. Il a fait une grande extravagance. Il a dit mille extravagances. Il nous …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 12extravagance — noun 1) a fit of extravagance Syn: profligacy, improvidence, wastefulness, prodigality, lavishness 2) the costliest brand is an extravagance Syn: luxury, indulgence, self indulgence, treat, extra, nonessential …

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  • 13extravagance — noun Date: 1640 1. a. an instance of excess or prodigality; specifically an excessive outlay of money b. something extravagant < a new car is an extravagance we can t afford > 2. the quality or fact of being extravagant < the extravagance of the&#8230; …

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  • 14EXTRAVAGANCE — n. f. Bizarrerie, incohérence, folie. Il n’y a pas moyen de le guérir de son extravagance. J’ai pitié de son extravagance. Il signifie aussi Action extravagante, discours extravagant. Il a fait mille extravagances. Il nous a débité bien des&#8230; …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 15extravagance — UK [ɪkˈstrævəɡəns] / US noun Word forms extravagance : singular extravagance plural extravagances 1) a) [uncountable] the practice of spending a lot of money, especially more than you should b) [countable] something that you spend a lot of money&#8230; …

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  • 16extravagance — /ik strav euh geuhns/, n. 1. excessive or unnecessary expenditure or outlay of money. 2. an instance of this: That sports car is an inexcusable extravagance. 3. unrestrained or fantastic excess, as of actions or opinions. 4. an extravagant action …

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  • 17extravagance — noun a) excessive or superfluous expenditure of money b) prodigality as in extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands. Syn: lavishness, profusion …

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  • 18extravagance — n. extravagance in * * * [ɪk strævəgəns] extravagancein …

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  • 19extravagance — extravagant ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking restraint in spending money or using resources. 2) costing a great deal. 3) exceeding what is reasonable or appropriate: extravagant claims. DERIVATIVES extravagance noun extravagancy noun extravagantly adverb …

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  • 20extravagance — Synonyms and related words: abandon, absurdity, abundance, affluence, aggrandizement, amenity, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplification, amplitude, avalanche, ballyhoo, bedizenment, big talk, bigotry, blatancy, blowing up, bonanza,&#8230; …

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