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exorbitant

[ ig-zawr-bi-tuhnt ]
/ ɪgˈzɔr bɪ tənt /
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adjective

exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive: to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury.
Archaic. outside the authority of the law.

Words related to exorbitant

very, ever, unduly, exceptionally, overly, awfully, remarkably, highly, extremely, immensely, utterly, excessively, too, acutely, uncommonly, quite, intensely, totally, severely, extraordinarily

Words nearby exorbitant

exopodite, exopterygote, exor., exorable, exorbitance, exorbitant, exorcise, exorcism, exorcist, exorcize, exordium

Origin of exorbitant

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

OTHER WORDS FROM exorbitant

ex·or·bi·tant·ly, adverbun·ex·or·bi·tant, adjectiveun·ex·or·bi·tant·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for exorbitantly

exorbitant
/ (ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt) /

adjective

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

Derived forms of exorbitant

exorbitance, nounexorbitantly, adverb

Word Origin for exorbitant

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