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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;
“A curb to your exorbitancies.” as, the
exorbitances
of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance
of demands. Dryden.
The lamentable
exorbitances
of their superstitions. Bp. Hall.
Definition 2024
exorbitancy
exorbitancy
English
Noun
exorbitancy (plural exorbitancies)
- Alternative form of exorbitance
- The reverence of my presence may be a curb to your exorbitancies. — Dryden.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.