exorbitant
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exorbitant adjective & noun. Also exhorbitant. LME.
[Christian Latin exorbitant- pres. ppl stem of exorbitare go out of the track, formed as EX-1 + orbita ORBIT noun: see -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
a. Law. Of a case, offence, etc.: anomalous, outside the intended scope of a law. Of a power, privilege, or enactment: abnormal, irregular. LME.
b. gen. Abnormal, irregular; eccentric; frantic, wild. E17-E18.
Excessive, immoderate. Now chiefly of a price, demand, etc.: grossly excessive; far in excess of what is reasonable or appropriate. LME.
G. Greene One resents being moved by so exorbitant an agony. Times These so-called bureaux de change are charging exorbitant rates of commission.
b. Of an object, etc.: disproportionately or excessively large. arch. M17.
Deviating from a specified rule or principle; (of a remark etc.) irrelevant. LME-L17.
Transgressing the bounds of law, decency, or morality; M16-E18.
B. noun. A person who or thing which exceeds proper bounds. rare. E17-E18.
exorbitantly adverb M17.