exorbitancyn.
/ɛɡˈzɔːbɪtənsi/ The quality of being exorbitant.† 2. = exorbitance n. 2. Obsolete.
1. = exorbitance n. 1. Now rare. Also, †an irrational opinion.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > turning aside from a course of action
divagation1560
swaya1586
deviation1603
deflection1605
recess1605
recession1614
exit1615
non-residence1615
exorbitancy1623
exorbitancea1628
exorbitationa1628
aberrancy1646
aberrance1661
variationa1662
departurea1694
resilience1838
1623 W. Sclater Quæstion of Tythes 103 Exorbitancie enough from the primary rule of assignement to Parish Churches.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxvi. 206 That planetary motion, that unblamable exorbitancy.
1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 5126 To suppose..an infinite profundity of the Stellar Sphere: an Exorbitancy not to be admitted.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. iii. 265 This witty Man..hath somewhat rectified the exorbitancy of Epicurus.
1879 H. N. Hudson Hamlet 13 Frequent displays of mental exorbitancy.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun]
tyrantry1340
tyranny1475
licentiousness1553
lawlessness1591
exorbitance1611
exorbitancy1619
anarchism1642
outlawry1836
outlawry1869
jungle law1894
law of the jungle1894
1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (1627) II. Ep. Ded. 4 Information of exorbitancy in some particulars of the Church.
1658 L. Womock Exam. Tilenus 40 There are sins..as in blasphemie..wherein the act is not to be distinguished from the exorbitancie.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 58 Any Treatise that..rebukes the Exorbitancy of their Lives.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 55 The exorbitancy of the House of Commons..proceeded principally from their contempt of the Laws.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3795/3 His..zealous Endeavour to curb the Exorbitancy of France.
3. (Cf. exorbitant adj. 4). (a) = exorbitance n. 3; †(b) disposition to exceed one's rights; excessive greed or rapacity; an instance of this (obsolete).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > excessiveness, extravagance
extremitya1533
exorbitancya1638
exorbitance1646
transvolation1649
hyperbole1652
extremism1865
a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) Gen. Pref. I..am..far from interpreting your Love Exorbitancy.
a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 102 The exorbitancy of the new buildings about the City..being a shelter for them.
1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 81 Gout..roused up from the exorbitancy of a spurious acid ferment in the ultimate digestion.
1674 Govt. Tongue 216 This monstrous exorbitancy of discourse.
1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers Pref. (1795) I. 14 The exorbitancies to which some launched out.
1749 J. Mason Ess. Power of Numbers & Princ. Harmony 26 One can hardly imagine the Antients could have run into..Exorbitancies in protracting their Rhythms.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 144 The exorbitancy of the Romans swallowing up their neighbouring nations one after another.
1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. (1842) II. 23 A system of restraint on the exorbitancies of their servants.
1791 W. Maxwell in J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1770 I. 341 [Paraphrasing Johnson:] Who has known any real sufferings [from love]..more than from the exorbitancy of any other passion?
1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 386 From the exorbitancy of that [duty] in particular levied at Collun.
1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 375 Divested of all the exorbitancies of his spirit and his style.
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