exorbitant
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English exorbitant, through Old French from Late Latin exorbitāns, present active participle of exorbitō (“to go out of the track”), from ex (“out”) + orbita (“wheel-track”); see orbit.[1] Compare French exorbitant.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/, /ɛɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzoɹbətənt/, /ɛɡˈzoɹbətənt/
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Adjective edit
exorbitant (comparative more exorbitant, superlative most exorbitant)
- Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.
- Synonyms: extortionate; see also Thesaurus:excessive
- It’s a nice car, but they are charging an exorbitant price for it.
- You also have to pay exorbitant interest if you have credit card debt.
- 1856, George Grote, chapter XCIV, in History of Greece, volume XII, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, part II (Continuation of Historical Greece), page 282:
- But whatever might be the internal thoughts of Macedonian officers, they held their peace before Alexander [the Great], whose formidable character and exorbitant self-estimation would tolerate no criticism.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, “Gabriel’s Resolve—The Visit—The Mistake”, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 38:
- Love, being an extremely exacting usurer (a sense of exorbitant profit, spiritually, by an exchange of hearts, being at the bottom of pure passions, as that of exorbitant profit, bodily or materially, is at the bottom of those of lower atmosphere), every morning his feelings were as sensitive as the money-market in calculations upon his chances.
- 2015 January 19, Charles M[cRay] Blow, “How Expensive It Is to Be Poor”, in The New York Times (A section)[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-04-26, page 19:
- In addition, many low-income people are “unbanked” (not served by a financial institution), and thus nearly eaten alive by exorbitant fees.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
exceeding proper limits
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References edit
- ^ “exorbitant”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Late Latin exorbitantem, present participle of exorbitō (whence exorbiter).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
exorbitant (feminine exorbitante, masculine plural exorbitants, feminine plural exorbitantes)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “exorbitant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin exorbitāns.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
exorbitant (strong nominative masculine singular exorbitanter, comparative exorbitanter, superlative am exorbitantesten)
- exorbitant
- Synonyms: maßlos, unverschämt
Declension edit
Positive forms of exorbitant
Comparative forms of exorbitant
Superlative forms of exorbitant
Further reading edit
- “exorbitant” in Duden online
- “exorbitant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French exorbitant, from Latin exorbitans.
Adjective edit
exorbitant m or n (feminine singular exorbitantă, masculine plural exorbitanți, feminine and neuter plural exorbitante)
Declension edit
Declension of exorbitant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | exorbitant | exorbitantă | exorbitanți | exorbitante | ||
| definite | exorbitantul | exorbitanta | exorbitanții | exorbitantele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | exorbitant | exorbitante | exorbitanți | exorbitante | ||
| definite | exorbitantului | exorbitantei | exorbitanților | exorbitantelor | |||