extravagancy
Americannoun
plural
extravaganciesEtymology
Origin of extravagancy
First recorded in 1615–25; extravag(ant) + -ancy
Example Sentences
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The Chinese regard the West's failure to make use of excrement as "extreme extravagancy," says Wittwer.
From Time Magazine Archive
No, sooth, sir; my determinate voyage is mere extravagancy.
From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William
I had thought all such extravagancy perished with the Launcelot and Palomides of your book.
From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by Cabell, James Branch
Pantagruel one day, to refresh himself of his study, went a-walking towards St. Marcel's suburbs, to see the extravagancy of the Gobeline building, and to taste of their spiced bread.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
A more curious extravagancy was uttered to me by a professor of applied mathematics.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
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