Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exorbitation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-or-bi-ta-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of leaving the usual path or course; deviation.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Nothing they are ſaue a meere perturbation / Of common Nature, an exorbitation / And bringing out of ſquare;[…]"
"It does not recount how mercifully the captain of our steamer found a valet de place for us, and told him to take care of us, and bring us back at a given moment. Nor how our payment of ten francs for three persons, instead of Heaven knows what exorbitation, was owing to this circumstance."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exorbitatio, from exorbitō (“to go off the track, deviate”) + -tio.

Usage

Inflected Forms

exorbitations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

exorbitant exorbitate

Questions

What does exorbitation mean?: The act of leaving the usual path or course; deviation.
Where does exorbitation come from?: Borrowed from Latin exorbitatio, from exorbitō (“to go off the track, deviate”) + -tio.

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