Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To exceed reasonable limits or bounds.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To wander irregularly or beyond due limits.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb To rove.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb intransitive To wander beyond the limits.
  • verb intransitive To rove.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Medieval Latin extrāvagārī, extrāvagāt-, to wander; see extravagant.]

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Examples

  • I cancelled my August Vegas trip in order to just have one big extravagate luxurious Vegas trip for my birthday in December, so I guess Modesto is going to be my summer vacation.

    goldylockz22 Diary Entry goldylockz22 2006

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