Emily Dickinson Lexicon

exterior, adj. [L.'outside, foreign'.]

External; foreign; on the outside.

exterminate, v. [L. < ex, out + terminus, limit, boundry.]

No longer there; gone; not available.

external, adj. [L.'outward'.]

Outer; exterior.

externally, adv. [see external, adj.]

Outwardly; visibly.

extinct, adj. [L. < ex, intensive + stinguēre, to quench.]

At an end; stopped; ceased with nothing surviving; [Fig. dead.]

extinction (-'s), n. [see extinct, adj.]

1. Quenching of light or fire; the reduction of radiation.
2. Destruction; loss of being; suppression of being [Fig. death.]

extinguish (-ed), v. [L. < ex, intensive + stinguēre, to quench.]

1. Cloud or obscure by superior splendor.
2. Quench, as in light or fire.
3. Die; end life.

extol, v. [L. < ex, out + tollo, to raise.]

Magnify; lift up; praise highly.

extort (-ed), v. [L. extorquere < ex, out + torquere, to twist, to arise.]

Wrest; wring; draw from by force.

extravagance, n. [L. < extra, outside + vagari, to wander.]

Beyond the usual path; exceeding prescribed limits.