extravagantly
/ˌekˈstɹævəɡəntli/ek-STRA-vuh-guhnt-lee
/ˌɛkˈstɹævəɡəntli/ek-STRA-vuh-guhnt-lee
Meaningin an extravagant way
Common meaning: lavishly
- extraoutside, beyond
- vagto wanderLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1952 · scan
- antadjective ending: being
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘outside, beyond’ + ‘to wander’ → extravagantly
Journey through time
- Latinvagor‘to wander’
- Old Frenchextravagantsource
- Englishextravagant‘spending too much’
- Englishformed in English from extravagantextravagantly‘lavishly’ · today
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
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from extravagant + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXTRAVAGANT, p.201 · scan
Roots
- vagor Latin “to wander”
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