extravagant
/ɪkˈstɹævəɡənt/ adjective C1- Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
- Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained. · extravagant acts, praise, or abuse
- Exorbitant
- Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful. · an extravagant man· extravagant expense
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There is nothing extravagant in _their_ housekeeping, I dare say.”
It had always been evident to her that such an income as theirs, under the direction of two persons so extravagant in their wants, and heedless of the future, must be very insufficient to their support; and whenever they changed their quarters, either Jane or herself were sure of being applied to for some little assistance towards discharging their bills.
A MULE, frolicsome from lack of work and from too much corn, galloped about in a very extravagant manner, and said to himself: “My father surely was a high-mettled racer, and I am his own child in speed and spirit.” On the next day, being driven a long journey, and feeling very wearied, he exclaimed in a disconsolate tone: “I must have made a mistake; my father, after all, could have been only an ass.”
“My good friend,” said the man in the cloak, “excuse me for saying that you seem to me precisely in the mood to commit some wild or extravagant act.”
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