EXORBITANCE; EXORBITANCY
Ex*or"bi*tance, Ex*or"bi*tan*cy,, n.
Defn: 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.
EXORBITANT
Ex*or"bi*tant, a. Etym: [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of exorbitare
to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See
Orbit.]
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.
EXORBITANTLY
Ex*or"bi*tant*ly, adv.
Defn: In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.
EXORBITATE
Ex*or"bi*tate, v. i. Etym: [L.exorbitatus, p.p. of exorbitare. See
Exorbitant.]
Defn: To go out of the track; to deviate. [Obs.] Bentley.
EXORCISE
Ex"or*cise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exorcised ; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exorcising .] Etym: [L. exorcizare, Gr. exorciser.]