Crossword clues for exorbitance
exorbitance
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exorbitance \Ex*or"bi*tance\, Exorbitancy \Ex*or"bi*tan*cy\,, n.
A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence,
enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or
propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of
deportment; exorbitance of demands. ``A curb to your
exorbitancies.''
--Dryden.
The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions.
--Bp. Hall.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from exorbitant + -ance. Related: Exorbitancy.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 The state or characteristic of being exorbitant. 2 A large excess. n. 1 The state or characteristic of being exorbitant. 2 A large excess.
WordNet
n. excessive excess [syn: outrageousness]
Usage examples of "exorbitance".
I appear to have an almost disabling sensitivity to violence in other men, a fallout detector for those spots of waste or exorbitance that spill over into force.
The women, indeed, usually entered the church at once, and the farmers' wives talked in an undertone to each other, over the tall pews, about their illnesses and the total failure of doctor's stuff, recommending dandelion tea, and other home-made specifics, as far preferable--about the servants, and their growing exorbitance as to wages, whereas the quality of their services declined from year to year, and there was no girl nowadays to be trusted any further than you could see her--about the bad price Mr.
When Death's Heads on our Hands have no influence upon our Heads, and fleshless Cadavers abate not the exorbitances of the Flesh.
He ordered many packthreads to be let down, yet not a person offered to send up a petition, but instead thereof, very bold demands, the redress of all their grievances, great immunities, the choice of their own governor, and other the like exorbitances.