Extravagance

  • 21extravagance — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lavishness, excessive expenditure, improvidence; see indulgence 3 , waste 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. indulgence, excessiveness, lavishness, wastefulness, excess, immoderation, prodigality, frill, *overkill,… …

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  • 22extravagance — ex|trav|a|gance [ ık strævəgəns ] noun 1. ) uncount the practice of spending a lot of money, especially more than you should a ) count something that you spend a lot of money on, especially more than you should: My main extravagances are shoes… …

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  • 23extravagance — ex·trav·a·gance || ɪk strævÉ™gÉ™ns n. profligacy, lavishness, excess, immoderation …

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  • 24extravagance — n. 1. Excess, exorbitance, enormity, unreasonableness, preposterousness. 2. Irregularity, wildness, folly, excess, absurdity. 3. Prodigality, profusion, waste, lavish expenditure …

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  • 25extravagance — n 1. prodigality, lavishness, profligacy, wastefulness, recklessness, spendthrift ways, folly, excess, exorbitance. 2. excessiveness, immoderateness, unreasonableness, undueness, inordinateness; outrageousness, preposter ousness, monstrousness;… …

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  • 26extravagance — ex·trav·a·gance …

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  • 27extravagance — [ɪkˈstrævəgəns] noun 1) [U] the act of spending a lot of money, especially spending it on something that is not really necessary 2) [C] something that you spend a lot of money on …

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  • 28extravagance — ex•trav•a•gance [[t]ɪkˈstræv ə gəns[/t]] n. 1) excessive or unnecessary outlay of money 2) unrestrained excess, as of actions or opinions 3) something extravagant • Etymology: 1635–45; < F, MF …

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  • 29extravagance — /əkˈstrævəgəns/ (say uhk stravuhguhns), /ɛk / (say ek ) noun 1. excessive expenditure or outlay of money. 2. an instance of this. 3. unrestrained or fantastic excess, as of actions, opinions, etc. 4. an extravagant action, notion, etc. {French} …

  • 30extravagance — nf. => Folie …

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