exorbitant
pronunciation
How to pronounce exorbitant in British English:
UK [ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt]
How to pronounce exorbitant in American English:
US [ɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtənt]
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- Adjective:
- greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
Word Origin
- exorbitant (adj.)
- mid-15c., a legal term, "deviating from rule or principle, eccentric;" from Late Latin exorbitantem (nominative exorbitans), present participle of exorbitare "deviate, go out of the track," from ex- "out of" (see ex-) + orbita "wheel track" (see orb). General sense of "excessive, immoderate" is from 1620s; of prices, rates, etc., from 1660s. Related: Exorbitantly.
Synonym
Example
- 1. I do not make an exorbitant demand , surely .
- 2. If google 's latest acquisition was pricey , that one was downright exorbitant .
- 3. But prices in london are exorbitant .
- 4. The us has better growth prospects than most european nations and has the " exorbitant privilege " of issuing debt in the world 's reserve currency , which keeps the cost down .
- 5. Entrepreneurs paid exorbitant interest rates or got cut off entirely while politically driven projects continued to get money on preferred terms .