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Word: Extravagant
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘unusual, unsuitable’): from medieval Latin extravagant- ‘diverging greatly’, from the verb extravagari, from Latin extra- ‘outside’ + vagari ‘wander’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪkˈstravəɡ(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛkˈstravəɡ(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
lacking restraint in spending money or using resources
Short Definition:lacking restraint in spending money or using resources
Examples:- it was rather extravagant to buy both
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