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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.

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