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Webster 1913 Edition


Exorbitancy

{

Ex-or′bi-tance

,

Ex-or′bi-tan-cy

, }
,
Noun.
A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety;
as, the
exorbitances
of the tongue or of deportment;
exorbitance
of demands.
“A curb to your exorbitancies.”
Dryden.
The lamentable
exorbitances
of their superstitions.
Bp. Hall.

Definition 2024


exorbitancy

exorbitancy

English

Noun

exorbitancy (plural exorbitancies)

  1. Alternative form of exorbitance
    The reverence of my presence may be a curb to your exorbitancies. Dryden.

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.