exorbitant

[ig-zawr-bi-tuhnt]

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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.

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

Related formsex·or·bi·tant·ly, adverbun·ex·or·bi·tant, adjectiveun·ex·or·bi·tant·ly, adverb

Synonyms for exorbitant

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inordinate, outrageous, extreme, extravagant, unreasonable, unconscionable.

Antonyms for exorbitant

fair, reasonable.

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Related Words for exorbitantly

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

Examples from the Web for exorbitantly

Contemporary Examples of exorbitantly

But after more than 10 aggravating, exorbitantly expensive and violent years, the world has pretty much had it with Afghanistan.
Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth Could Be a Bonanza—or Lead to Disaster
Dr. Cheryl Benard
July 4, 2012

Historical Examples of exorbitantly

Fay was not exorbitantly extravagant; but then the duke was not exorbitantly rich.
Prisoners
Mary Cholmondeley
House-rent is exorbitantly high; the keep of a horse often costs, owing to the want of forage, from two to three dollars a-day.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846
Various
They have raised their prices so exorbitantly that the poor complain that it is becoming impossible for them even to die.
Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris
Henry Labouchre
He denounces these merchants, who stood there over-reaching in their bargains and exorbitantly outrageous in their charges.
T. De Witt Talmage
T. De Witt Talmage
Cartmen charged wildly and exorbitantly—some having to pay as high as fifty dollars to have carted away a cartload of stuff.
The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877
George Stewart

British Dictionary definitions for exorbitantly

exorbitant

adjective

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

Derived Formsexorbitance, nounexorbitantly, adverb

Word Origin for exorbitant

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

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Word Origin and History for exorbitantly

exorbitant

adj.

mid-15c., a legal term, "deviating from rule or principle, eccentric;" from Latin exorbitantem (nominative exorbitans), present participle of exorbitare "deviate, go out of the track," from ex- "out of" (see ex-) + orbita "wheel track" (see orb). Sense of "excessive, immoderate" is from 1620s; of prices, rates, etc., from 1660s. Related: Exorbitantly.