Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: extravagance – exultant
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extravagance, n. [L. < extra, outside + vagari, to wander.]
Expense; waste of resources; excess of effort; extremely high price.
extravagant, adj. [see extravagance, n.]
Luxurious; excessive; overdone; exceeding necessity; not within ordinary limits; [fig.] unrealistic; fanciful; delusional.
extreme (-er, -est), adj. [L.'outward'.]
- Farthest; last; least.
- Great; intense; to the utmost degree.
extremely, adv. [see extreme, adj.]
Greatly; deeply; very much.
extremity, n. [see extreme, adj.]
- Limitation; collapse; breakdown; breaking point.
- Distress; despair; calamity; catastrophe; emergency; disaster; exigency; unexpected crisis.
- Grief; sorrow; heartache; exquisite suffering; physical agony; spiritual anguish; psychological torment.
- Situation; predicament; [fig.] offense; severe penalty.
- Rigor; severity; great difficulty; utmost hardship; intensely stressful circumstance.
extrinsic, adj. [L. < exter, outside + in, in + secus, beside.]
External; outside; from without.
exuberance, n. [Fr. < L. < ex- + ūberāre, to be fruitful, fertile; udder.]
Abundance; fullness; richness; [fig.] warmth; summer weather; spring-like temperatures.
exude, v. [L. ex-, out + sūdāre, to sweat.]
Discharge; escape; flow from.
exult, v. [L. < ex-, out + salīre, to leap.]
Rejoice; be happy; be willing; be glad.
exultant, adv. [see exult, v.]
Triumphantly; victoriously; jubilantly; with joy.