Associations to the word «Extravagant»

Wiktionary

EXTRAVAGANT, adjective. Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
EXTRAVAGANT, adjective. Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
EXTRAVAGANT, adjective. Exorbitant.
EXTRAVAGANT, adjective. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.

Dictionary definition

EXTRAVAGANT, adjective. Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed".
EXTRAVAGANT, adjective. Recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley