Lexicon: extravagant – exultation

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extravagant, adj. [see extravagance, n.]

Exceeding necessity; not within ordinary limits.

extreme (-er, -est), adj. [L.'outward'.]

  1. Great; intense; utmost degree.
  2. Farthest or last part.

extremely, adv. [see extreme, adj.]

Very much; greatly.

extremity, n. [see extreme, adj.]

  1. Utmost point; the very end.
  2. Utmost penalty; point of suffering; sin.
  3. Utmost part; opposite end.

extrinsic, adj. [L. < exter, outside + in, in + secus, beside.]

External; outside; operating from without.

exuberance, n. [Fr. < L. < ex- + ūberāre, to be fruitful, fertile; udder.]

Abundance; fullness; richness.

exude, v. [L. ex-, out + sūdāre, to sweat.]

Discharge; escape; flow from.

exult, v. [L. < ex-, out + salīre, to leap.]

Leap for joy; rejoice exceedingly; glad.

exultant, adj. [see exult, v.]

Triumphant; joyfully.

exultation, n. [see exult, v.]

Lively joy; great gladness; triumph.