The Collaborative International Dictionary
Extravagancy \Ex*trav"a*gan*cy\, n.; pl. Extravagancies. Extravagance.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en archaic 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant. 2 (label en archaic 17-19th centuries) A thing that is extravagant.
WordNet
n. the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth; "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description" [syn: extravagance]
Usage examples of "extravagancy".
Carinus from the control of fear or decency, he displayed to the Romans the extravagancies of Elagabalus, aggravated by the cruelty of Domitian.
At this the master jumped for joy, laughed, sang, and committed a thousand extravagancies, as if to shew the horse how happy it had made him.
It is from this mixture of Orientalism, Platonism, and Judaism, that Gnosticism arose, which had produced so many theological and philosophical extravagancies, and in which Oriental notions evidently predominate.
Nothing could abate the supreme belief in himself that my lord held, but certainly he used fewer extravagancies with his servant than with his children, and would condescend to listen to John’s disapproving words.
He will preach against extravagancies, and the vanities of this world, and land speculation.