| exorbitant | 1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims. "Foul exorbitant desires." (Milton) 2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous. "The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for." (Hooker) Origin: L. Exorbitans, -antis, p. Pr. Of exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. Exorbitant. See Orbit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| exorbitant | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation |
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| exorbitant | to an exorbitant degree |
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