extravagate

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US, UK/ɛkˈstɹævəɡeɪt/

verb

To rove.

OriginMedieval Latin extrāvagāt- ← Latin extrā ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs →
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Meanings

verbextravagate (third-person singular simple present extravagates, present participle extravagating, simple past and past participle extravagated)

present singular third person extravagates · participle present extravagating · participle past extravagated · past extravagated

  1. intransitiveTo rove.
  2. intransitiveTo wander beyond the limits.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs“out”
  2. Latinextrā“beyond, outside of”
  3. Medieval Latinextrāvagāt-
  4. Englishextravagate

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin extrāvagāt- + English -ate (suffix forming verbs). Extrāvagāt- is the participial stem of extrāvagārī, from Latin extrā (“beyond, outside of”, preposition) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs (“out”)) + vagārī (the present active infinitive of vagor (“to ramble, roam, stroll about, wander”), from vagus (“rambling, roaming, strolling, wandering”) (further etymology uncertain) + -or (the first-person singular present passive indicative of -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs))).

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