| 单词 | exorbitance |
| 释义 | exorbitance (once / 110461 pages) n Exorbitance is excessiveness, a situation when there's an unreasonable amount of something, or when a person acts outrageously. A salesman's exorbitance might make you wonder if he's exaggerating about the great deal he's offering. One kind of exorbitance is excessive spending, like when your grandmother spoils you by showering you with expensive gifts. The exorbitance of a writer or artist shows itself as eccentricity and often brilliant, odd work. Exorbitance comes from the adjective exorbitant, "unreasonably high," which was originally a legal term meaning "deviating from rule or principle." At its root is the Late Latin word exorbitare, "deviate" or "go off the track." WORD FAMILYexorbitance: exorbitances+/exorbitant: exorbitance, exorbitantly USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe its exorbitance seemed too out of place for two travelers who had spent the last several days discovering the unpretentious beauty of Hawaii. New York Times(May 29, 2015) It was borne upon them that this exorbitance, a strange incident in their own lives, was to these others a daily occurrence. Macaulay, Rose, Dame, The Furnace(2010) As extravagance is excess in outlay, exorbitance is excess in demands, and especially in pecuniary demands upon others. Fernald, James Champlin, English Synonyms and Antonyms—With...(2010) n excessive excess Syn|Hyper outrageousness excess, excessiveness, inordinateness immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits |
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