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Webster 1913 Edition

Exorbitant

Ex-or′bi-tant

,
Adj.
[L.
exorbitans
,
-antis
, p. pr. of
exorbitare
to go out of the track;
ex
out +
orbita
track: cf. F.
exorbitant
. See
Orbit
.]
1.
Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate;
as,
exorbitant
appetites and passions;
exorbitant
charges, demands, or claims.
Foul
exorbitant
desires.
Milton.
2.
Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes
exorbitant
, and such as their laws had not provided for.
Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition

Exorbitant

EXORB'ITANT

,
Adj.
[L. exorbitans.] Literally, departing from an orbit or usual track. Hence, deviating from the usual course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; hence, excessive; extravagant; enormous. We speak of exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant demands or claims; exorbitant taxes.
1.
Anomalous; not comprehended in a settled rule or method.
The Jews were inured with causes exorbitant.

Definition 2024

exorbitant

exorbitant

English

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:excessive

Translations

French

Adjective

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

  1. exorbitant
  2. extortionate

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

exorbitant ‎(comparative exorbitanter, superlative am exorbitantesten)

  1. exorbitant

Declension

Comparative forms of exorbitant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist exorbitanter sie ist exorbitanter es ist exorbitanter sie sind exorbitanter
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative exorbitanterer exorbitantere exorbitanteres exorbitantere
genitive exorbitanteren exorbitanterer exorbitanteren exorbitanterer
dative exorbitanterem exorbitanterer exorbitanterem exorbitanteren
accusative exorbitanteren exorbitantere exorbitanteres exorbitantere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der exorbitantere die exorbitantere das exorbitantere die exorbitanteren
genitive des exorbitanteren der exorbitanteren des exorbitanteren der exorbitanteren
dative dem exorbitanteren der exorbitanteren dem exorbitanteren den exorbitanteren
accusative den exorbitanteren die exorbitantere das exorbitantere die exorbitanteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein exorbitanterer eine exorbitantere ein exorbitanteres (keine) exorbitanteren
genitive eines exorbitanteren einer exorbitanteren eines exorbitanteren (keiner) exorbitanteren
dative einem exorbitanteren einer exorbitanteren einem exorbitanteren (keinen) exorbitanteren
accusative einen exorbitanteren eine exorbitantere ein exorbitanteres (keine) exorbitanteren

Synonyms

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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