Definition of extravagant Extravagant

/ɛkstɹæˈvʌgʌnt/ - [ekstratvugunt] - ex•trav•a•gant

We found 12 definitions of extravagant from 5 different sources.

What does extravagant mean?

Adjective
extravagant - recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
		prodigal, profligate, spendthrift
		wasteful laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare
extravagant - unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
		excessive, exuberant, overweening
		unrestrained not subject to restraint; "unrestrained laughter"

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extravagant (a.)
Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.
extravagant (a.)
Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
extravagant (a.)
Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man.
extravagant (n.)
One who is confined to no general rule.
extravagant (n.)
Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.

extravagant
eks-trav′a-gant, adj. wandering beyond bounds: irregular: unrestrained: excessive: profuse in expenses: wasteful.—ns. Extrav′agance, excess: lavish expenditure: (Milt.) digression; Extrav′agancy (Shak.), vagrancy: extravagance.—adv. Extrav′agantly.—v.i. Extrav′agāte, to wander: to exceed proper bounds. [L. extra, beyond, vagans, -antis, pr.p. of vagāri, to wander.]