Ex*trav"a*gant , n.
1. One who
is confined to no general rule. L'Estrange.
2. pl.
(Eccl. Hist.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon
law.
Ex*trav"a*gant (?), a.
[F. extravagant, fr.
L. extra on the outside + vagans, -antis, p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. See Vague.]
1. Wandering beyond one's
bounds; roving; hence, foreign. [Obs.]
The extravagant and erring spirit hies
To his confine.
Shak.
2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as,
extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural
geniuses.
Addison. 3. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal;
wasteful; as, an extravagant man. "Extravagant expense." Bancroft.
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