extravagate

American

[ik-strav-uh-geyt] / ɪkˈstræv əˌgeɪt /

verb (used without object)

Archaic.

extravagated, extravagating

to wander beyond bounds; roam at will; stray.
to go beyond the bounds of propriety or reason.

extravagate British

/ ɪkˈstrævəˌɡeɪt /

verb

to exceed normal limits or propriety
to roam at will

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Other Word Forms

extravagation noun

Etymology

Origin of extravagate

1590–1600; < Medieval Latin extrāvagātus strayed, wandered away from, past participle of extrāvagārī. See extravagant, -ate ¹

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On what hill, in what wadi, under what pines did he ruminate and extravagate, we could not from these idealised pictures ascertain.

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