Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extravagation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-trav-a-ga-tion
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A straying beyond limits; excess.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"By reaso[n] of which their digressions and extravagations, the ancients assigned the Zodiaque 12. Degrees of Latitude."
"1771, Tobias Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Volume I, The British Novelists, Volume 30, London: V.C. and J. Rivington et al., p. 136, […] I don’t pretend to justify the extravagations of the multitude; who, I suppose, were as wild in their former censure, as in their present praise […]"
"Such tropes expose the extravagation whereby capitalism is decked out as the incontestable standard of human behavior and culture."

Etymology

From extravagate + -ion.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: extravagate

Usage

Inflected Forms

extravagations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

extravagance extravagancy extravagant extravagate

Questions

What does extravagation mean?: A straying beyond limits; excess.
Where does extravagation come from?: From extravagate + -ion.

How to pronounce extravagation

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