exorbitant
11exorbitant — I adjective dear, enormous, excessive, expensive, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, fabulous, greedy, gross, high priced, huge, immense, immoderate, immodicus, inordinate, intemperate, outrageous, overmuch, preposterous, uncalled for,… …
12exorbitant — mid 15c., a legal term, deviating from rule or principle, eccentric; from L. exorbitantem (nom. exorbitans), prp. of exorbitare deviate, go out of the track, from ex out of (see EX (Cf. ex )) + orbita wheel track (see ORB (Cf. orb)). Sense of …
13exorbitant — inordinate, extravagant, *excessive, immoderate, extreme Analogous words: *onerous, burdensome, oppressive, exacting: greedy, grasping, *covetous: extorting or extortionate (see corresponding verb at EDUCE) Antonyms: just (price, charge)… …
14exorbitant — [adj] extravagant, excessive absonant, dear, enormous, exacting, expensive, extortionate, extreme, high, highway robbery*, immoderate, inordinate, out of sight*, outrageous, overboard, overmuch, over one’s head*, preposterous, pricey, steep*,… …
15exorbitant — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high. DERIVATIVES exorbitance noun exorbitantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin exorbitare go off the track …
16exorbitant — [eg zor′bitənt, ig zor′bətənt] adj. [ME < L exorbitans, prp. of exorbitare, to go out of the track < ex , out + orbita, a track, ORBIT] going beyond what is reasonable, just, proper, usual, etc.; excessive; extravagant: said esp. of charges …
17exorbitant — I. EXORBITANT, [exorbit]ante. Excessif, qui passe de beaucoup la juste mesure. Il est d une taille, d une grosseur exorbitante. despense exorbitante. il prend des droits exorbitans. cela est exorbitant. II. Exorbitant, [exorbit]ante. adj. Il n a… …
18EXORBITANT — ANTE. adj. Excessif, qui passe de beaucoup la juste mesure. Il est d une taille, d une grosseur exorbitante. Cette marchandise est d un prix exorbitant. Dépense exorbitante. Il exige des droits exorbitants. Cela est exorbitant. Pouvoir exorbitant …
19exorbitant — exorbitantly, adv. /ig zawr bi teuhnt/, adj. exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, esp. in amount or extent; highly excessive: to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury. [1425 75; late ME < LL exorbitant (s. of exorbitans,… …
20exorbitant — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ grossly (BrE, law) ▪ The rate of interest is grossly exorbitant. ▪ …
