different between extravagant vs intemperate
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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intemperate
English
Etymology
in- +? temperate
Adjective
intemperate (comparative more intemperate, superlative most intemperate)
- Lacking moderation, temper or control.
- intemperate language; intemperate zeal
- Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car - The Week, 14 April 2007, 609, 4.
- Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:excessive
Translations
Verb
intemperate (third-person singular simple present intemperates, present participle intemperating, simple past and past participle intemperated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To disorder.
Anagrams
- impenetrate
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