Ex-trăv'a-gance or Ex-trăv'a-gan-cy, n.
n. [Fr. extravagance, Sp. extravagancia, It. extravaganza. See infra.]
Sense 1. The act of wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.
My determinate voyage is mere extravagancy. Shak.
Sense 2. The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; irregularity; excess, as in undue expenditure of property, or in exaggerated language; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands, and the like.
The income of three dukes was not enough to supply her extravagance. Arbuthnot.
Synonyms—Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion; waste; dissipation; bombast; outrage; violence.