exorbitant

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English

Etymology

From Middle English exorbitant, through Old French from Late Latin exorbitāns, present active participle of exorbitō (“to go out of the track”), from ex (“out”) + orbita (“wheel-track”); see orbit. Compare French exorbitant.

Pronunciation

Adjective

exorbitant (comparative more exorbitant, superlative most exorbitant)

  1. Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.
    Synonyms: extortionate; see also Thesaurus:excessive
    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.
    • 1856, George Grote, chapter XCIV, in History of Greece, volume XII, London: John Murray, , →OCLC, part II (Continuation of Historical Greece), page 282:
      But whatever might be the internal thoughts of Macedonian officers, they held their peace before Alexander [the Great], whose formidable character and exorbitant self-estimation would tolerate no criticism.
    • 1874, Thomas Hardy, “Gabriel’s Resolve—The Visit—The Mistake”, in Far from the Madding Crowd. , volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., , →OCLC, page 38:
      Love, being an extremely exacting usurer (a sense of exorbitant profit, spiritually, by an exchange of hearts, being at the bottom of pure passions, as that of exorbitant profit, bodily or materially, is at the bottom of those of lower atmosphere), every morning his feelings were as sensitive as the money-market in calculations upon his chances.
    • 2015 January 19, Charles M[cRay] Blow, “How Expensive It Is to Be Poor”, in The New York Times (A section)‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-04-26, page 19:
      In addition, many low-income people are “unbanked” (not served by a financial institution), and thus nearly eaten alive by exorbitant fees.

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References

  1. ^ “exorbitant”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin exorbitantem, present participle of exorbitō (whence exorbiter).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. exorbitant
  2. extortionate

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German

Etymology

From Late Latin exorbitāns.

Pronunciation

Adjective

exorbitant (strong nominative masculine singular exorbitanter, comparative exorbitanter, superlative am exorbitantesten)

  1. exorbitant
    Synonyms: maßlos, unverschämt

Declension

Positive forms of exorbitant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist exorbitant sie ist exorbitant es ist exorbitant sie sind exorbitant
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative exorbitanter exorbitante exorbitantes exorbitante
genitive exorbitanten exorbitanter exorbitanten exorbitanter
dative exorbitantem exorbitanter exorbitantem exorbitanten
accusative exorbitanten exorbitante exorbitantes exorbitante
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der exorbitante die exorbitante das exorbitante die exorbitanten
genitive des exorbitanten der exorbitanten des exorbitanten der exorbitanten
dative dem exorbitanten der exorbitanten dem exorbitanten den exorbitanten
accusative den exorbitanten die exorbitante das exorbitante die exorbitanten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein exorbitanter eine exorbitante ein exorbitantes (keine) exorbitanten
genitive eines exorbitanten einer exorbitanten eines exorbitanten (keiner) exorbitanten
dative einem exorbitanten einer exorbitanten einem exorbitanten (keinen) exorbitanten
accusative einen exorbitanten eine exorbitante ein exorbitantes (keine) exorbitanten
Comparative forms of exorbitant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
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
Superlative forms of exorbitant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am exorbitantesten sie ist am exorbitantesten es ist am exorbitantesten sie sind am exorbitantesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative exorbitantester exorbitanteste exorbitantestes exorbitanteste
genitive exorbitantesten exorbitantester exorbitantesten exorbitantester
dative exorbitantestem exorbitantester exorbitantestem exorbitantesten
accusative exorbitantesten exorbitanteste exorbitantestes exorbitanteste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der exorbitanteste die exorbitanteste das exorbitanteste die exorbitantesten
genitive des exorbitantesten der exorbitantesten des exorbitantesten der exorbitantesten
dative dem exorbitantesten der exorbitantesten dem exorbitantesten den exorbitantesten
accusative den exorbitantesten die exorbitanteste das exorbitanteste die exorbitantesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein exorbitantester eine exorbitanteste ein exorbitantestes (keine) exorbitantesten
genitive eines exorbitantesten einer exorbitantesten eines exorbitantesten (keiner) exorbitantesten
dative einem exorbitantesten einer exorbitantesten einem exorbitantesten (keinen) exorbitantesten
accusative einen exorbitantesten eine exorbitanteste ein exorbitantestes (keine) exorbitantesten

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French exorbitant, from Latin exorbitans.

Adjective

exorbitant m or n (feminine singular exorbitantă, masculine plural exorbitanți, feminine and neuter plural exorbitante)

  1. extortionate

Declension

Declension of exorbitant
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite exorbitant exorbitantă exorbitanți exorbitante
definite exorbitantul exorbitanta exorbitanții exorbitantele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite exorbitant exorbitante exorbitanți exorbitante
definite exorbitantului exorbitantei exorbitanților exorbitantelor
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