exorbitantly

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., a legal term, "deviating from rule or principle, eccentric;" from Latin exorbitantem (nominative exorbitans), present participle of exorbitare "deviate, go out of the track," from ex- "out of" (see ex-) + orbita "wheel track" (see orb). Sense of "excessive, immoderate" is from 1620s; of prices, rates, etc., from 1660s. Related: Exorbitantly.

Example Sentences for exorbitantly

Fay was not exorbitantly extravagant; but then the duke was not exorbitantly rich.

House-rent is exorbitantly high; the keep of a horse often costs, owing to the want of forage, from two to three dollars a-day.

They have raised their prices so exorbitantly that the poor complain that it is becoming impossible for them even to die.

He denounces these merchants, who stood there over-reaching ...

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