Definition of "extravagant" []

• Given to lavish or imprudent expenditure: extravagant members of the imperial court. (adjective)
• Exceeding reasonable bounds: extravagant demands. See Synonyms at excessive. (adjective)
• Extremely abundant; profuse: extravagant vegetation. (adjective)
• Unreasonably high; exorbitant: extravagant fees. (adjective)
• Archaic Straying beyond limits or bounds; wandering. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He denied what he called extravagant words by the media that he had appointed himself to preside over the trial, saying he and his two deputies had decided on the matter."
• "'Do you mean,' she said, looking up at him rather wistfully now, 'that I am _always_ what you call extravagant?'"
• "How is indulging one's children in extravagant gifts any different from the same excesses and greed he is supposedly railing against?"