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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extravagancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-trav-a-gan-cy
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of extravagance (“the characteristic of being extravagant”).

Archaic; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of extravagance (“a thing that is extravagant”).

Archaic; Countable

Etymology

From extravagant + -cy.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

extravagancies (plural)

Synonyms

extravagance

Questions

What does extravagancy mean?
Synonym of extravagance (“the characteristic of being extravagant”).
Where does extravagancy come from?
From extravagant + -cy.

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