exorbitant

From the Late Latin exorbitāns, the present active participle of exorbitō (“I go out of the track”), from ex (“out”) + orbita (“wheel-track”); see orbit. Compare the French exorbitant.

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/, /ɛɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/

exorbitant (comparative more exorbitant, superlative most exorbitant)

1. Exceeding proper limits; extravagant; excessive or unduly high.

   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.

   • 2015 January 18, Charles M. Blow, “How expensive is it to be poor [print version: International New York Times, 20 January 2015, p. 7]”, in The New York Times:

     [M]any low-income people are "unbanked" (not served by a financial institution), and thus nearly eaten alive by exorbitant fees.

• See also Thesaurus:excessive

From Late Latin exorbitāns.

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃/

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exorbitant (feminine singular exorbitante, masculine plural exorbitants, feminine plural exorbitantes)

1. exorbitant
2. extortionate

• “exorbitant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Late Latin exorbitāns.

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• Rhymes: -ant

exorbitant (comparative exorbitanter, superlative am exorbitantesten)

1. exorbitant

• maßlos
• unverschämt

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