exorbitant

[ ig-zawr-bi-tuhnt ]
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adjective
  1. exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive: to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury.

  2. Archaic. outside the authority of the law.

Origin of exorbitant

1
1425–75; late Middle English <Late Latin exorbitant- (stem of exorbitāns, present participle of exorbitāre to go out of the track), equivalent to ex-ex-1 + orbit(a) wheel track (see orbit) + -ant--ant

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Other words from exorbitant

  • ex·or·bi·tant·ly, adverb
  • un·ex·or·bi·tant, adjective
  • un·ex·or·bi·tant·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for exorbitant

exorbitant

/ (ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt) /


adjective
  1. (of prices, demands, etc) in excess of what is reasonable; excessive; extravagant; immoderate

Origin of exorbitant

1
C15: from Late Latin exorbitāre to deviate, from Latin orbita track

Derived forms of exorbitant

  • exorbitance, noun
  • exorbitantly, adverb

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