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Definition of Extravagance

Extravagance A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit. The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands. Related Definitions: An, And, Anger, As, Being, Beyond, Course, Duty, Especially, Excess, Excursion, Expenditure, Expense, Expression, Extravagance, Extravagant, From, Imagination, Limit, Love, Moderation, Money, Of, Or, Prodigal, Prodigality, Proper, Propriety, Sally, State, Superfluous, The, Undue, Usual, Wandering, Want, Way, Wild

Extravagance Quotations It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work. Virginia Woolf The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it. Norman Rockwell Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance. Charles Caleb Colton Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft. Pericles Collecting has been my great extravagance. It's a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much-I'm one of nature's shoppers. Howard Hodgkin

Extravagance Translations extravagance in Latin is luxuria extravagance in Spanish is extravagancia

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