extravagant
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- Words With Friends
- 25
- Letters
- 11
/ɪkˈstɹævəɡənt/
Definition of extravagant
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
“The extravagant and erring spirit hies / To his confine.”
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adj
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Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
“The extravagant and erring spirit hies / To his confine.”
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Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
“extravagant acts, praise, or abuse”
“There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.”
“The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.”
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Exorbitant
“According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.”
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Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.
“an extravagant man”
“extravagant expense”
“some of the Quakers were extravagant and foolish”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English extravagaunt, from Middle French extravagant and its etymon Medieval Latin extravagans, present participle of extravagor (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagor (“to wander, stray”).
Words you can make from extravagant
190 playable · top: VEXT (14 pts)
Best play vext 14 points7-letter words
7 words6-letter words
14 words5-letter words
40 words- EXTRA 12 pts
- RETAX 12 pts
- TAXER 12 pts
- AGAVE 9 pts
- GANEV 9 pts
- GRAVE 9 pts
- VEGAN 9 pts
- AVANT 8 pts
- AVERT 8 pts
- NAVAR 8 pts
- RAVEN 8 pts
- TRAVE 8 pts
- VARNA 8 pts
- AGATE 6 pts
- AGENT 6 pts
- ANGER 6 pts
- GATER 6 pts
- GRANA 6 pts
- GRANT 6 pts
- GRATE 6 pts
- GREAT 6 pts
- RANGE 6 pts
- REGNA 6 pts
- RETAG 6 pts
- TANGA 6 pts
- TARGA 6 pts
- TARGE 6 pts
- TERGA 6 pts
- ANEAR 5 pts
- ANTAE 5 pts
- ANTRA 5 pts
- ANTRE 5 pts
- ARENA 5 pts
- ATTAR 5 pts
- RATAN 5 pts
- REATA 5 pts
- TATAR 5 pts
- TATER 5 pts
- TETRA 5 pts
- TREAT 5 pts
4-letter words
56 words- NEXT 11 pts
- TAXA 11 pts
- TEXT 11 pts
- GAVE 8 pts
- VANG 8 pts
- VEGA 8 pts
- AVER 7 pts
- NAVE 7 pts
- RAVE 7 pts
- VANE 7 pts
- VARA 7 pts
- VENA 7 pts
- VENT 7 pts
- VERA 7 pts
- VERT 7 pts
- AGAR 5 pts
- AGER 5 pts
- ANGA 5 pts
- AREG 5 pts
- GAEN 5 pts
- GANE 5 pts
- GATE 5 pts
- GEAN 5 pts
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- GETA 5 pts
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- GRAN 5 pts
- GRAT 5 pts
- NAGA 5 pts
- RAGA 5 pts
- RAGE 5 pts
- RANG 5 pts
- TANG 5 pts
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- ANTE 4 pts
- AREA 4 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- NETT 4 pts
- RANT 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
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3-letter words
56 words- VAX 13 pts
- VEX 13 pts
- AXE 10 pts
- RAX 10 pts
- REX 10 pts
- TAX 10 pts
- VEG 7 pts
- AVA 6 pts
- AVE 6 pts
- NAV 6 pts
- REV 6 pts
- TAV 6 pts
- VAN 6 pts
- VAR 6 pts
- VAT 6 pts
- VET 6 pts
- AGA 4 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAN 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GAT 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- NAG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- TAG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- ANA 3 pts
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- ANT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
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- NET 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
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- RET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
2-letter words
16 wordsFind your best play with extravagant
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