exorbitancy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔː(ɹ)bɪtənsi/

Noun

exorbitancy (countable and uncountable, plural exorbitancies)

1. Alternative form of exorbitance
   • 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 29:

     […] the Reverence of my Preſence may be a curb to your Exorbitancies.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.