different between extravagant vs negligent

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)

1. Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
2. Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excessive

   • There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.

3. Exorbitant.
4. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.

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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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. extravagant

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English necligent, negligent, from Old French negligent, from Latin neglig?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??.l?.d??nt/

Adjective

negligent (comparative more negligent, superlative most negligent)

1. Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
2. (law) Culpable due to negligence.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:careless

Related terms

• negligence

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin neglig?ns.

Adjective

negligent (masculine and feminine plural negligents)

1. negligent

Related terms

• negligència
• negligir

Further reading

• “negligent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “negligent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “negligent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “negligent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

negligent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of neglig?