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extravagant

/ekstˈɹævəɡənt/ek-STRA-vuh-guhnt
/ɛkstˈɹævəɡənt/ek-STRA-vuh-guhnt

Meaningwandering beyond

Common meaning: spending too much

‘outside, beyond’ + ‘to wander’ → extravagant

Journey through time

  1. Latinvagor‘to wander’
  2. Old Frenchextravagantsource
  3. Englishextravagant‘spending too much’ · today

vag also in: vaguevagrantvagabond

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin vagor ‘to wander’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vagor, p. 1952 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • vagor Latin “to wander”

Related words

vagabondvagrantvague

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