exorbitantadj.n.

/ɛɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/

Forms: Also 1500s exorbytant, 1500s–1700s exhorbitant, exhorbitent.

Etymology: < late Latin exorbitant-em, present participle of exorbitāre to go out of the track, < ex- out + orbita wheel-track: see orbit n. Compare French exorbitant.

A. adj.

†1.

a. Leaving a specified track; deviating from a specified rule or principle. Of remarks, discussions, etc.: Wandering from the subject, irrelevant. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] > irrelevant

foreigna1393

unpertinentc1400

impertinentc1450

peregrine1532

far-fet1533

exorbitant1534

unrelevant1558

stravagant1565

fremd1581

unappliable1588

misapplied1596

immaterial1598

far-fetched1607

misdevoted1623

unappertaining1645

irrelativea1657

inapposite1661

unconcerned1683

scandalous1750

uncentral1782

irrelevant1786

tangent1787

inappertinent1814

unappropriate1818

tangential1867

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [adjective] > deviating from rule or standard

exorbitant1534

unorthodox1629

aberrant1778

aberrated1786

divergent1801

radical1869

nonstandard1870

non-regular1896

non-regulation1953

non-conformant1960

alternative1962

sideways1969

alternate1970

marginala1988

alt1988

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > discursive or digressive

digressinga1535

exorbitant1534

discursive1598

solute1605

digressive?1611

excursive1673

rimble-ramble1690

land-loping1694

digressionary1741

parenthetic1782

uncentral1782

digressional1785

parenthetical1814

discursative1819

discursory1830

episodic1867

winding1887

1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. F.7 Suche play as is not exorbytant fro the eyercyse of honesty.

1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered ix. 30 A..gouernment, exorbitant from the milde course of law and iustice.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 474 Hauing..mentioned such a story, it is not exorbitant to adde in one worde other fictions.

1644 C. Jessop Angel Church of Ephesus 50 How exorbitant from this rule the practices of our Prelates have been.

1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 45 Exorbitant from the Principles of Nature.

†b. Projecting, salient. Obsolete.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective]

steepc1000

tooting?c1225

strutting1387

prominent?1440

extant1540

eminent?1541

pouting1563

poking1566

out1576

egregious1578

promontory1579

out-pointed1585

buttinga1593

outjetting1598

perking1598

jettying1609

juttying1609

out-jutting1611

outstanding1611

upsticking1611

out-shooting1622

jutting1624

outgrowing1625

rank1625

toting1645

projectinga1652

porrected1653

protruded1654

protruding1654

upcast1658

protending1659

jettinga1661

raised1663

starting1680

emersed1686

exerted1697

projective1703

jet-out1709

exorbitant1715

sticking1715

foreright1736

poky1754

perked-up1779

salient1789

prouda1800

overdriven1812

extrusive1816

stand-up1818

shouldering1824

jutty1827

outflung1830

sticky-out1839

sticking-up1852

outreaching1853

protrusive1858

out-thrusting1869

stickout1884

protrudent1891

1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. v. v. 131 [Had the earth been square] they must have been..retarded..by the exorbitant angles.

2. Deviating from the normal, prescribed, or customary track.

†a. Of movements, conduct, etc.: Eccentric, erratic, irregular (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > moving without fixed course

vaganta1382

scatteringc1450

stragglinga1560

wandering1590

undirecteda1599

wayless1605

planetary1607

rambling?1609

exorbitant1613

exorbitating1632

random1655

unconducteda1677

devious1735

truant1791

wild1810

erratic1841

directionless1860

scrolloping1923

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adjective] > not conforming to standard behaviour

irregular1395

unformalc1449

informalc1475

disordered1561

monstrous1568

odd1577

irregulate1579

exorbitant1613

free-spirited1613

exorbitating1632

inconformable1633

extravagant1650

inconform1659

eccentric1685

unconformable1702

outrageous1778

unconventional1840

erratic1841

kinky1844

Bohemian1846

radical1869

Bohemic1874

nonconforming1899

hard case1904

jazz1917

offbeat1922

deviant1935

deviate1945

oddball1945

left field1951

way out1955

boho1958

non-conformant1960

sideways1969

1613 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 67 Strong raines to hold him in, from all exorbitant courses.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 35 The Commons when they see such a Blazing-star in course so exorbitant..cannot but look upon it.

1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. §1. 5 The vanity of wit..has no where a more free and exorbitant range than in censuring and deriding.

b. [After use of exorbitans in Roman Law.] Of cases, offences, etc.: Anomalous, not coming within the intended scope of a law. Of powers, privileges, enactments: Abnormal, not in accordance with general principle.

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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > beyond the law

exorbitantc1460

extrajudicial1641

preterlegal1649

exlex1909

c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 47 What sume thay [the king's charges] be not like to excede, but if..ther fal a Case over much exorbitant.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 158 Causes exorbitant, and such as their lawes had not prouided for.

1675 [see sense A. 4a].

1749 H. Fielding Charge to Grand Jury 56 The Punishment..is Fine or Imprisonment; and if the Case be exorbitant, by Pillory and Loss of Ears.

1756 T. Nugent tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Spirit of Laws (1758) I. ii. iii. 19 A magistrate invested with an exorbitant power.

a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. 909 Though the law and the right are ‘exorbitant’ or ‘eccentric’.

1869 R. Campbell Austin's Lect. Jurispr. (ed. 3) II. 981 They are mere anomalies: exorbitant or irregular commands.

†c. Aberrant from the common type, monstrous, abnormal. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective]

enorm?1518

enormousa1533

enormious1604

exorbitant1607

erratical1646

wanton1743

anormal1812

abnormal1817

freak-storm1898

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 459 The colour of Lyons is generally yellowe, for these before spoken of, blacke, white, and red are exorbitant.

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 23 Those passions become the original causes of exorbitant Features and Forms.

†d. Of an insane person or his condition: Extravagant, frantic, wild. Obsolete.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > frenzied or raging

aweddeOE

woodc1000

woodlyc1000

wildc1300

franticc1390

ramage1440

welling woodc1440

staringc1449

rammistc1455

rabious1460

horn-wood?a1500

rammisha1500

enragea1522

frenzic1547

wood-like1578

horn-mad1579

woodful1582

frenzicala1586

ragefula1586

rabid1594

ravening1599

ravenous1607

Pythic1640

exorbitant1668

frenziful1726

haggard-wild1786

frenzied1796

maenadic1830

berserk1867

up the wall1951

ballistic1981

1668 Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 620 We found him [a madman] somewhat less exorbitant.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. i. 72/1 The Wretch continued in an exorbitant Frame for a few Days.

†3. Forsaking, or apt to forsake, the right path; erring, faulty, transgressing, trespassing. Obsolete.

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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adjective]

misfaringc1300

fayllarda1325

wronga1382

wrongfulc1384

misdoinga1398

misdeedya1400

wrongdoingc1400

digressinga1535

transgressing1535

offending1552

exorbitant1556

offensive1595

transgressive1646

maleficent1760

transgredient1837

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > going astray

scrithingOE

sinister1526

aberrantc1536

strayed1544

straying1553

exorbitant1556

erroneous1595

wandering1606

devious1633

theat1682

1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. A4 Raisand gret derth, exhorbitent Aganis ȝour actis of Parliament.

a1586 Sir H. Sidney in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Misc. Lett. 25 That thou, entring into this exorbitant Age, mayest be..prepared to shun those courses.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone iv. vi. sig. K4 I haue..transgrest Against the dignity of the Court..And beene exorbitant.

a1638 J. Mede Disc. Prov. iv. 23, in Wks. i. 203 We must resist and crush every exorbitant thought which draws to sin.

1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation i. 29 The very Patriarks, and Princes of Gods peculiar people were palpably exorbitant in this kinde.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης Pref. sig. B3^v The people, exorbitant and excessive in all thir motions.

a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xi. 98 Over-rule their exorbitant Passions.

4. Exceeding ordinary or proper bounds.

a. Going to excess in any action or quality. Of actions, appetites, desire, etc.: Excessive, immoderate. archaic. Now with stronger sense: Grossly or flagrantly excessive.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] > going too far > going or gone beyond bounds

hoflesc1175

superfluea1425

insolent?a1500

intemperate1508

overgone1581

excurrent1605

exorbitant1621

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xi. 149 Appetites..both good..if they be moderate, both pernitious if they be exorbitant.

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Fff5^v They had formerly been exorbitant in the worship of Idols.

1659 G. Wharton Disc. Astrol. in Wks. (1683) 185 The exorbitant Practice of frequent Blood-letting.

1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Prince xvii, in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 221 Exorbitant mercy has an ill effect.

1719 J. Richardson Sci. Connoisseur 147 Some are Exorbitant in the Praises of what Themselves Possess.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxvi. 511 The exorbitant multiplication of some troublesome insects.

1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) ii. §21. 63 The excessive, exorbitant prodigality of diffusion of the sun's light and heat.

1871 R. Browning Balaustion 17 They wondered strangers were exorbitant In estimation of Euripides.

†b. Exceeding one's rights, encroaching. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > infringing or encroaching

usurping1574

usurpious1606

encroachinga1616

exorbitant1631

invasive1670

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 790 By the exorbitant authoritie of the Pope, this election was disanulled.

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E My Lord of Essex..is so exorbitant in the limitation of the Soveraigne aspert.

c. Of a price, rate, stipulation, demand, claim, etc.: Grossly excessive.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective]

high1542

strong1599

rank1604

exorbitant1670

extravagant1707

stiff1824

sky-high1829

steep1856

stratospherical1936

1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 24 The Exorbitant Impositions of the King of Denmark.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders (1840) 845 Nor were his conditions exorbitant.

1729 B. Franklin Modest Enq. 4 To restrain Men from giving and receiving exorbitant Interest.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xlvi. 721 He exhausted their wealth by exorbitant tributes.

1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 159 The Indians..raised the price of horses to an exorbitant rate.

1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 205 The landlord can obtain an exorbitant rent.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 385 The informers..are far from being exorbitant in their demands.

1879 M. Arnold Irish Catholicism in Mixed Ess. 126 To advance pretensions the most exorbitant.

d. Of power, wealth, etc.: Overgrown, enormous, excessive. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree > excessive in degree

unmeasurablea1398

dismeasurec1400

dismeasurable1477

dismeasured1483

over1494

endlya1513

intolerable1544

wide1574

overloading1576

unconscionable1576

meanless1587

powerable1588

hyperbolical1589

extravagant1598

grievous1632

flagrant1634

exorbitant1648

overbearinga1708

unbalanced1712

well-favoured1746

steep1856

thick1884

ripe1918

1648 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 116 I hold Lord Jermins..power as vast and exorbitant.

1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §7 An exorbitant fortune.

1772 J. W. Fletcher Logica Genevensis i. 11 Your favourite doctrines..would lose their exorbitant influence.

1816 F. H. Naylor Hist. Germany I. i. ix. 362 Prescribing bounds to the exhorbitant power of Austria.

e. Of a material object, an outline, or surface: Disproportionately large, excessive in any dimension; in modern use, outrageously or extravagantly large. Also figurative. archaic.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > excessively large

overgrowna1398

rank?a1400

exorbitant1662

unsizeable1698

overlarge1890

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 9 Those exorbitant Chimney-Shafts.

1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. x. 228 The exorbitant extent and compass of Parishes.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 382/1 The exorbitant and over-burnt Wick in a candle.

1709 H. Sacheverell Communic. of Sin 15 This Over~grown, this Exorbitant Sinner.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. iv. 118 Its chief Bulk being compos'd of two exorbitant Muscles.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xvii. 173 With exorbitant breastpin.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. Proem 7 The exorbitant line of the Pitti [palace] roof is hidden from San Miniato.

†B. n.

One who or something which exceeds proper limits. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour > one who

erratic1623

exorbitant1627

inconformable1633

non-conformant1654

original1675

nonconformista1677

eccentric1832

originalist1835

Bohemian1843

oddball1943

antisocial1945

left fielder1953

boho1958

alternative1982

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour > instance of

singularity1570

excursion1615

eccentricity1657

exorbitanta1714

angularity1833

unconventionality1854

quiddities1941

1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 277 Howsoeuer exorbitants behaued themselues, they [Brethren] yet should continue in weldoing.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 25 His Majesty..demanded justice against those exorbitants.

a1714 M. Henry Wks. I. 135 The most..daring exorbitants of an ungoverned tongue.

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单词	exorbitant
释义	exorbitantadj.n. /ɛɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/ Forms: Also 1500s exorbytant, 1500s–1700s exhorbitant, exhorbitent. Etymology: < late Latin exorbitant-em, present participle of exorbitāre to go out of the track, < ex- out + orbita wheel-track: see orbit n. Compare French exorbitant. A. adj. †1. a. Leaving a specified track; deviating from a specified rule or principle. Of remarks, discussions, etc.: Wandering from the subject, irrelevant. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] > irrelevant foreigna1393 unpertinentc1400 impertinentc1450 peregrine1532 far-fet1533 exorbitant1534 unrelevant1558 stravagant1565 fremd1581 unappliable1588 misapplied1596 immaterial1598 far-fetched1607 misdevoted1623 unappertaining1645 irrelativea1657 inapposite1661 unconcerned1683 scandalous1750 uncentral1782 irrelevant1786 tangent1787 inappertinent1814 unappropriate1818 tangential1867 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > [adjective] > deviating from rule or standard exorbitant1534 unorthodox1629 aberrant1778 aberrated1786 divergent1801 radical1869 nonstandard1870 non-regular1896 non-regulation1953 non-conformant1960 alternative1962 sideways1969 alternate1970 marginala1988 alt1988 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > discursive or digressive digressinga1535 exorbitant1534 discursive1598 solute1605 digressive?1611 excursive1673 rimble-ramble1690 land-loping1694 digressionary1741 parenthetic1782 uncentral1782 digressional1785 parenthetical1814 discursative1819 discursory1830 episodic1867 winding1887 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. F.7 Suche play as is not exorbytant fro the eyercyse of honesty. 1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered ix. 30 A..gouernment, exorbitant from the milde course of law and iustice. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 474 Hauing..mentioned such a story, it is not exorbitant to adde in one worde other fictions. 1644 C. Jessop Angel Church of Ephesus 50 How exorbitant from this rule the practices of our Prelates have been. 1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 45 Exorbitant from the Principles of Nature. †b. Projecting, salient. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] steepc1000 tooting?c1225 strutting1387 prominent?1440 extant1540 eminent?1541 pouting1563 poking1566 out1576 egregious1578 promontory1579 out-pointed1585 buttinga1593 outjetting1598 perking1598 jettying1609 juttying1609 out-jutting1611 outstanding1611 upsticking1611 out-shooting1622 jutting1624 outgrowing1625 rank1625 toting1645 projectinga1652 porrected1653 protruded1654 protruding1654 upcast1658 protending1659 jettinga1661 raised1663 starting1680 emersed1686 exerted1697 projective1703 jet-out1709 exorbitant1715 sticking1715 foreright1736 poky1754 perked-up1779 salient1789 prouda1800 overdriven1812 extrusive1816 stand-up1818 shouldering1824 jutty1827 outflung1830 sticky-out1839 sticking-up1852 outreaching1853 protrusive1858 out-thrusting1869 stickout1884 protrudent1891 1715 W. Derham Astro-theol. v. v. 131 [Had the earth been square] they must have been..retarded..by the exorbitant angles. 2. Deviating from the normal, prescribed, or customary track. †a. Of movements, conduct, etc.: Eccentric, erratic, irregular (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > moving without fixed course vaganta1382 scatteringc1450 stragglinga1560 wandering1590 undirecteda1599 wayless1605 planetary1607 rambling?1609 exorbitant1613 exorbitating1632 random1655 unconducteda1677 devious1735 truant1791 wild1810 erratic1841 directionless1860 scrolloping1923 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adjective] > not conforming to standard behaviour irregular1395 unformalc1449 informalc1475 disordered1561 monstrous1568 odd1577 irregulate1579 exorbitant1613 free-spirited1613 exorbitating1632 inconformable1633 extravagant1650 inconform1659 eccentric1685 unconformable1702 outrageous1778 unconventional1840 erratic1841 kinky1844 Bohemian1846 radical1869 Bohemic1874 nonconforming1899 hard case1904 jazz1917 offbeat1922 deviant1935 deviate1945 oddball1945 left field1951 way out1955 boho1958 non-conformant1960 sideways1969 1613 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 67 Strong raines to hold him in, from all exorbitant courses. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 35 The Commons when they see such a Blazing-star in course so exorbitant..cannot but look upon it. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. §1. 5 The vanity of wit..has no where a more free and exorbitant range than in censuring and deriding. b. [After use of exorbitans in Roman Law.] Of cases, offences, etc.: Anomalous, not coming within the intended scope of a law. Of powers, privileges, enactments: Abnormal, not in accordance with general principle. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > beyond the law exorbitantc1460 extrajudicial1641 preterlegal1649 exlex1909 c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 47 What sume thay [the king's charges] be not like to excede, but if..ther fal a Case over much exorbitant. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 158 Causes exorbitant, and such as their lawes had not prouided for. 1675 [see sense A. 4a]. 1749 H. Fielding Charge to Grand Jury 56 The Punishment..is Fine or Imprisonment; and if the Case be exorbitant, by Pillory and Loss of Ears. 1756 T. Nugent tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Spirit of Laws (1758) I. ii. iii. 19 A magistrate invested with an exorbitant power. a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. 909 Though the law and the right are ‘exorbitant’ or ‘eccentric’. 1869 R. Campbell Austin's Lect. Jurispr. (ed. 3) II. 981 They are mere anomalies: exorbitant or irregular commands. †c. Aberrant from the common type, monstrous, abnormal. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] enorm?1518 enormousa1533 enormious1604 exorbitant1607 erratical1646 wanton1743 anormal1812 abnormal1817 freak-storm1898 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 459 The colour of Lyons is generally yellowe, for these before spoken of, blacke, white, and red are exorbitant. 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 23 Those passions become the original causes of exorbitant Features and Forms. †d. Of an insane person or his condition: Extravagant, frantic, wild. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > frenzied or raging aweddeOE woodc1000 woodlyc1000 wildc1300 franticc1390 ramage1440 welling woodc1440 staringc1449 rammistc1455 rabious1460 horn-wood?a1500 rammisha1500 enragea1522 frenzic1547 wood-like1578 horn-mad1579 woodful1582 frenzicala1586 ragefula1586 rabid1594 ravening1599 ravenous1607 Pythic1640 exorbitant1668 frenziful1726 haggard-wild1786 frenzied1796 maenadic1830 berserk1867 up the wall1951 ballistic1981 1668 Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 620 We found him [a madman] somewhat less exorbitant. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. ii. i. 72/1 The Wretch continued in an exorbitant Frame for a few Days. †3. Forsaking, or apt to forsake, the right path; erring, faulty, transgressing, trespassing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adjective] misfaringc1300 fayllarda1325 wronga1382 wrongfulc1384 misdoinga1398 misdeedya1400 wrongdoingc1400 digressinga1535 transgressing1535 offending1552 exorbitant1556 offensive1595 transgressive1646 maleficent1760 transgredient1837 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > going astray scrithingOE sinister1526 aberrantc1536 strayed1544 straying1553 exorbitant1556 erroneous1595 wandering1606 devious1633 theat1682 1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. A4 Raisand gret derth, exhorbitent Aganis ȝour actis of Parliament. a1586 Sir H. Sidney in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Misc. Lett. 25 That thou, entring into this exorbitant Age, mayest be..prepared to shun those courses. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone iv. vi. sig. K4 I haue..transgrest Against the dignity of the Court..And beene exorbitant. a1638 J. Mede Disc. Prov. iv. 23, in Wks. i. 203 We must resist and crush every exorbitant thought which draws to sin. 1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation i. 29 The very Patriarks, and Princes of Gods peculiar people were palpably exorbitant in this kinde. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης Pref. sig. B3^v The people, exorbitant and excessive in all thir motions. a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xi. 98 Over-rule their exorbitant Passions. 4. Exceeding ordinary or proper bounds. a. Going to excess in any action or quality. Of actions, appetites, desire, etc.: Excessive, immoderate. archaic. Now with stronger sense: Grossly or flagrantly excessive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] > going too far > going or gone beyond bounds hoflesc1175 superfluea1425 insolent?a1500 intemperate1508 overgone1581 excurrent1605 exorbitant1621 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xi. 149 Appetites..both good..if they be moderate, both pernitious if they be exorbitant. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Fff5^v They had formerly been exorbitant in the worship of Idols. 1659 G. Wharton Disc. Astrol. in Wks. (1683) 185 The exorbitant Practice of frequent Blood-letting. 1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Prince xvii, in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 221 Exorbitant mercy has an ill effect. 1719 J. Richardson Sci. Connoisseur 147 Some are Exorbitant in the Praises of what Themselves Possess. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxvi. 511 The exorbitant multiplication of some troublesome insects. 1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) ii. §21. 63 The excessive, exorbitant prodigality of diffusion of the sun's light and heat. 1871 R. Browning Balaustion 17 They wondered strangers were exorbitant In estimation of Euripides. †b. Exceeding one's rights, encroaching. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > infringing or encroaching usurping1574 usurpious1606 encroachinga1616 exorbitant1631 invasive1670 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 790 By the exorbitant authoritie of the Pope, this election was disanulled. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E My Lord of Essex..is so exorbitant in the limitation of the Soveraigne aspert. c. Of a price, rate, stipulation, demand, claim, etc.: Grossly excessive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [adjective] high1542 strong1599 rank1604 exorbitant1670 extravagant1707 stiff1824 sky-high1829 steep1856 stratospherical1936 1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 24 The Exorbitant Impositions of the King of Denmark. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders (1840) 845 Nor were his conditions exorbitant. 1729 B. Franklin Modest Enq. 4 To restrain Men from giving and receiving exorbitant Interest. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xlvi. 721 He exhausted their wealth by exorbitant tributes. 1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 159 The Indians..raised the price of horses to an exorbitant rate. 1860 C. Kingsley Misc. (ed. 2) II. 205 The landlord can obtain an exorbitant rent. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 385 The informers..are far from being exorbitant in their demands. 1879 M. Arnold Irish Catholicism in Mixed Ess. 126 To advance pretensions the most exorbitant. d. Of power, wealth, etc.: Overgrown, enormous, excessive. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree > excessive in degree unmeasurablea1398 dismeasurec1400 dismeasurable1477 dismeasured1483 over1494 endlya1513 intolerable1544 wide1574 overloading1576 unconscionable1576 meanless1587 powerable1588 hyperbolical1589 extravagant1598 grievous1632 flagrant1634 exorbitant1648 overbearinga1708 unbalanced1712 well-favoured1746 steep1856 thick1884 ripe1918 1648 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 116 I hold Lord Jermins..power as vast and exorbitant. 1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §7 An exorbitant fortune. 1772 J. W. Fletcher Logica Genevensis i. 11 Your favourite doctrines..would lose their exorbitant influence. 1816 F. H. Naylor Hist. Germany I. i. ix. 362 Prescribing bounds to the exhorbitant power of Austria. e. Of a material object, an outline, or surface: Disproportionately large, excessive in any dimension; in modern use, outrageously or extravagantly large. Also figurative. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > excessively large overgrowna1398 rank?a1400 exorbitant1662 unsizeable1698 overlarge1890 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 9 Those exorbitant Chimney-Shafts. 1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. x. 228 The exorbitant extent and compass of Parishes. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 382/1 The exorbitant and over-burnt Wick in a candle. 1709 H. Sacheverell Communic. of Sin 15 This Over~grown, this Exorbitant Sinner. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists ii. iv. 118 Its chief Bulk being compos'd of two exorbitant Muscles. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xvii. 173 With exorbitant breastpin. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. Proem 7 The exorbitant line of the Pitti [palace] roof is hidden from San Miniato. †B. n. One who or something which exceeds proper limits. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour > one who erratic1623 exorbitant1627 inconformable1633 non-conformant1654 original1675 nonconformista1677 eccentric1832 originalist1835 Bohemian1843 oddball1943 antisocial1945 left fielder1953 boho1958 alternative1982 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour > instance of singularity1570 excursion1615 eccentricity1657 exorbitanta1714 angularity1833 unconventionality1854 quiddities1941 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 277 Howsoeuer exorbitants behaued themselues, they [Brethren] yet should continue in weldoing. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 25 His Majesty..demanded justice against those exorbitants. a1714 M. Henry Wks. I. 135 The most..daring exorbitants of an ungoverned tongue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.c1460
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