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Extravagantly
(Ex*trav"a*gant*ly), adv. In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.
Extravagantness
(Ex*trav"a*gant*ness), n. The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess; extravagance.
Extravaganza
(Ex*trav`a*gan"za) n. [Extravagance with an Italian ending: cf. It. stravaganza.]
1. A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a
musical caricature.
2. An extravagant flight of sentiment or language.
Extravagate
(Ex*trav"a*gate) v. i. [Pref. extra- + L. vagatus, p. p. of vagari to rove. See Extravagant.]
To rove. Bp. Warburton.
Extravagation
(Ex*trav`a*ga"tion) n. A wandering beyond limits; excess. [Obs.] Smollett.
Extravasate
(Ex*trav"a*sate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extravasated; p. pr. & vb. n. Extravasating] [Pref.
extra- + L. vas vessel: cf. F. extravaser. See Vase.] To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries,
as blood.
Extravasation
(Ex*trav`a*sa"tion) n. [Cf. F. extravasation.] The act of forcing or letting out of its proper
vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.
Extravascular
(Ex`tra*vas"cu*lar) a. (Anat.) (a) Outside the vessels; — said of the substance of all the
tissues. (b) Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.
Extravenate
(Ex*trav"e*nate) a. [Pref. extra- + L. vena vein.] Let out of the veins. [Obs.] "Extravenate
blood." Glanvill.
Extraversion
(Ex`tra*ver"sion) n. [Pref. extra- + L. vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. extraversion.] The
act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out. [Obs.] Boyle.
Extreat
(Ex*treat") n. [See Estreat, Extract.] Extraction. [Obs.] Spenser.
Extreme
(Ex*treme") a. [L. extremus, superl. of exter, extrus, on the outside, outward: cf. F. extrême.
See Exterior.]
1. At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
2. Last; final; conclusive; — said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.
3. The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme
case; extreme folly. "The extremest remedy." Dryden. "Extreme rapidity." Sir W. Scott.
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire.
Shak. 4. Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.
The Puritans or extreme Protestants.
Gladstone. 5. (Mus.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; — said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an
extreme flat forth.
Extreme and mean ratio (Geom.), the relation of a line and its segments when the line is so divided
that the whole is to the greater segment is to the less. — Extreme distance. (Paint.) See Distance.,
n., 6. — Extreme unction. See under Unction.
