different between extravagant vs inordinate
extravagant
English
Etymology
From Old French and French extravagant, from Medieval Latin extravagans, past participle of extravagari (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagari (“to wander, stray”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?st?æv???nt/
Adjective
extravagant (comparative more extravagant, superlative most extravagant)
- Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
- Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excessive
- There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.
- Exorbitant.
- Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bancroft to this entry?)
Related terms
- vagabond
- extravagance
- extravagation
Translations
Further reading
- extravagant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- extravagant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
Medieval Latin extravagans
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?ks.t??.v???ant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?ks.t??.b???an/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /eks.t?a.va??ant/
Adjective
extravagant (feminine extravaganta, masculine plural extravagants, feminine plural extravagantes)
- extravagant
Further reading
- “extravagant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “extravagant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “extravagant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Medieval Latin extravagans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k.st?a.va.???/
Adjective
extravagant (feminine singular extravagante, masculine plural extravagants, feminine plural extravagantes)
- extravagant
Derived terms
- extravagamment
Related terms
- extravagance
Further reading
- “extravagant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
From French extravagant.
Pronunciation
Adjective
extravagant (comparative extravaganter, superlative am extravagantesten)
- extravagant
Declension
Related terms
- Extravaganz
Further reading
- “extravagant” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
From French extravagant.
Adjective
extravagant m or n (feminine singular extravagant?, masculine plural extravagan?i, feminine and neuter plural extravagante)
- extravagant
Declension
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inordinate
English
Etymology
From Latin inordinatus (“not arranged, disordered, irregular”), from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ordinare (“to arrange, order”); see ordinate, order.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n???d?n?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n???dn??t/
Adjective
inordinate (comparative more inordinate, superlative most inordinate)
- Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude; extreme.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:excessive
Translations
Further reading
- inordinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- inordinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Adjective
in?rdin?te
- vocative masculine singular of in?rdin?tus
References
- inordinate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inordinate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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