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extravagate

/ɛkˈstɹævəɡeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-tra-vag-ate
IPA
/ɛkˈstɹævəɡeɪt/
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rove.

Intransitive verb

verb

To wander beyond the limits.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin extrāvagāt- + English -ate (suffix forming verbs). Extrāvagāt- is the participial stem of extrāvagārī, from Latin extrā (“beyond, outside of”, preposition) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs (“out”)) + vagārī (the present active infinitive of vagor (“to ramble, roam, stroll about, wander”), from vagus (“rambling, roaming, strolling, wandering”) (further etymology uncertain) + -or (the first-person singular present passive indicative of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs))).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɛkˈstɹævəɡeɪt/
  • British English: /ɛkˈstɹævəɡeɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

extravagates (present, singular) extravagating (participle, present) extravagated (participle, past) extravagated (past)

Derived Forms

extravagation unextravagating

Questions

How do you pronounce extravagate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɛkˈstɹævəɡeɪt/.
What does extravagate mean?
To rove.
Where does extravagate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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