单词 | extravagance |
释义 | extravagance/ɪkˈstravəɡ(ə)ns![]() noun [mass noun] 1Lack of restraint in spending money or using resources: his reckless extravagance with other people’s money...
Synonyms profligacy, lack of thrift, unthriftiness, thriftlessness, improvidence, wastefulness, waste, overspending, prodigality, squandering, lavishness; immoderation, excess, recklessness, lack of restraint, irresponsibility; spendthrift behaviour, free-spending ways 1.1 [count noun] A thing on which too much money has been spent or which has used up too many resources: salmon trout is an unnecessary extravagance...
Synonyms luxury, indulgence, self-indulgence, comfort, treat, extra, non-essential, frill, refinement 1.2Excessive elaboration: the extravagance of the decor...
Synonyms ornateness, elaborateness, decoration, embellishment, adornment, ornamentation, showiness; overstatement, ostentation, exaggeration, over-elaborateness excessiveness, exaggeration, exaggeratedness, unreservedness, outrageousness, immoderation; preposterousness, absurdity, irrationality, recklessness, wildness; excess, overkill, lack of restraint/reserve Derivativesextravagancy![]() ![]()
OriginMid 17th century: from French, from medieval Latin extravagant- 'diverging greatly', from the verb extravagari (see extravagant). |
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