exorbitant

English

Etymology

From Middle English exorbitant, through Old French from Late Latin exorbitāns, present active participle of exorbitō (“to go out of the track”), from ex (“out”) + orbita (“wheel-track”); see orbit. Compare French exorbitant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/, /ɛɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzoɹbətənt/, /ɛɡˈzoɹbətənt/

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Adjective

exorbitant (comparative more exorbitant, superlative most exorbitant)

1. Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.

   Synonyms: extortionate; see also Thesaurus:excessive

   It’s a nice car, but they are charging an exorbitant price for it.

   You also have to pay exorbitant interest if you have credit card debt.

   • 1856, George Grote, chapter XCIV, in History of Greece, volume XII, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, part II (Continuation of Historical Greece), page 282:

     But whatever might be the internal thoughts of Macedonian officers, they held their peace before Alexander [the Great], whose formidable character and exorbitant self-estimation would tolerate no criticism.

   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, “Gabriel’s Resolve—The Visit—The Mistake”, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 38:

     Love, being an extremely exacting usurer (a sense of exorbitant profit, spiritually, by an exchange of hearts, being at the bottom of pure passions, as that of exorbitant profit, bodily or materially, is at the bottom of those of lower atmosphere), every morning his feelings were as sensitive as the money-market in calculations upon his chances.

   • 2015 January 19, Charles M[cRay] Blow, “How Expensive It Is to Be Poor”, in The New York Times (A section)‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-04-26, page 19:

     In addition, many low-income people are “unbanked” (not served by a financial institution), and thus nearly eaten alive by exorbitant fees.

Derived terms

• exorbitance
• exorbitantly
• exorbitant privilege
• unexorbitant

 

Related terms

• exorbitate

 

Translations

exceeding proper limits

• Bulgarian: прекален (bg) (prekalen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過高的／过高的 (zh) (guògāo de), 過度的／过度的 (zh) (guòdù de)

• Czech: přemrštěný
• Danish: eksorbitant
• Dutch: exorbitant (nl), buitensporig (nl)
• Finnish: kohtuuton (fi)
• French: exorbitant (fr)
• German: exorbitant (de), maßlos (de)
• Irish: as cuimse ard
• Italian: esorbitante (it)
• Japanese: とんでもない (ja) (tondemonai), 法外な (ja) (ほうがいな, hōgai na)
• Korean: 터무니없는 (teomunieomneun), 과도한 (gwadohan)
• Macedonian: прекумерен (prekumeren), претеран (preteran)
• Malay: melampau (ms), lebih daripada biasa
• Norwegian: ublu (no)
• Old English: oferranc
• Persian: گزاف (fa) (gazâf)
• Portuguese: exorbitante (pt)
• Russian: чрезме́рный (ru) (črezmérnyj), безме́рный (ru) (bezmérnyj), непоме́рный (ru) (nepomérnyj), чрезвыча́йный (ru) (črezvyčájnyj) (extreme)
• Spanish: exorbitante
• Swedish: omåttlig (sv), orimlig (sv)
• Turkish: fahiş (tr)

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin exorbitantem, present participle of exorbitō (whence exorbiter).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃/

• Audio

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Adjective

exorbitant (feminine exorbitante, masculine plural exorbitants, feminine plural exorbitantes)

1. exorbitant
2. extortionate

Related terms

• orbite

Further reading

• “exorbitant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

From Late Latin exorbitāns.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

exorbitant (strong nominative masculine singular exorbitanter, comparative exorbitanter, superlative am exorbitantesten)

1. exorbitant

   Synonyms: maßlos, unverschämt

Declension

Positive forms of exorbitant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist exorbitant	sie ist exorbitant	es ist exorbitant	sie sind exorbitant
strong declension (without article)	nominative	exorbitanter	exorbitante	exorbitantes	exorbitante
	genitive	exorbitanten	exorbitanter	exorbitanten	exorbitanter
	dative	exorbitantem	exorbitanter	exorbitantem	exorbitanten
	accusative	exorbitanten	exorbitante	exorbitantes	exorbitante
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der exorbitante	die exorbitante	das exorbitante	die exorbitanten
	genitive	des exorbitanten	der exorbitanten	des exorbitanten	der exorbitanten
	dative	dem exorbitanten	der exorbitanten	dem exorbitanten	den exorbitanten
	accusative	den exorbitanten	die exorbitante	das exorbitante	die exorbitanten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein exorbitanter	eine exorbitante	ein exorbitantes	(keine) exorbitanten
	genitive	eines exorbitanten	einer exorbitanten	eines exorbitanten	(keiner) exorbitanten
	dative	einem exorbitanten	einer exorbitanten	einem exorbitanten	(keinen) exorbitanten
	accusative	einen exorbitanten	eine exorbitante	ein exorbitantes	(keine) exorbitanten

Comparative forms of exorbitant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist exorbitanter	sie ist exorbitanter	es ist exorbitanter	sie sind exorbitanter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	exorbitanterer	exorbitantere	exorbitanteres	exorbitantere
	genitive	exorbitanteren	exorbitanterer	exorbitanteren	exorbitanterer
	dative	exorbitanterem	exorbitanterer	exorbitanterem	exorbitanteren
	accusative	exorbitanteren	exorbitantere	exorbitanteres	exorbitantere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der exorbitantere	die exorbitantere	das exorbitantere	die exorbitanteren
	genitive	des exorbitanteren	der exorbitanteren	des exorbitanteren	der exorbitanteren
	dative	dem exorbitanteren	der exorbitanteren	dem exorbitanteren	den exorbitanteren
	accusative	den exorbitanteren	die exorbitantere	das exorbitantere	die exorbitanteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein exorbitanterer	eine exorbitantere	ein exorbitanteres	(keine) exorbitanteren
	genitive	eines exorbitanteren	einer exorbitanteren	eines exorbitanteren	(keiner) exorbitanteren
	dative	einem exorbitanteren	einer exorbitanteren	einem exorbitanteren	(keinen) exorbitanteren
	accusative	einen exorbitanteren	eine exorbitantere	ein exorbitanteres	(keine) exorbitanteren

Superlative forms of exorbitant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am exorbitantesten	sie ist am exorbitantesten	es ist am exorbitantesten	sie sind am exorbitantesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	exorbitantester	exorbitanteste	exorbitantestes	exorbitanteste
	genitive	exorbitantesten	exorbitantester	exorbitantesten	exorbitantester
	dative	exorbitantestem	exorbitantester	exorbitantestem	exorbitantesten
	accusative	exorbitantesten	exorbitanteste	exorbitantestes	exorbitanteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der exorbitanteste	die exorbitanteste	das exorbitanteste	die exorbitantesten
	genitive	des exorbitantesten	der exorbitantesten	des exorbitantesten	der exorbitantesten
	dative	dem exorbitantesten	der exorbitantesten	dem exorbitantesten	den exorbitantesten
	accusative	den exorbitantesten	die exorbitanteste	das exorbitanteste	die exorbitantesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein exorbitantester	eine exorbitanteste	ein exorbitantestes	(keine) exorbitantesten
	genitive	eines exorbitantesten	einer exorbitantesten	eines exorbitantesten	(keiner) exorbitantesten
	dative	einem exorbitantesten	einer exorbitantesten	einem exorbitantesten	(keinen) exorbitantesten
	accusative	einen exorbitantesten	eine exorbitanteste	ein exorbitantestes	(keine) exorbitantesten

Further reading

• “exorbitant” in Duden online
• “exorbitant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French exorbitant, from Latin exorbitans.

Adjective

exorbitant m or n (feminine singular exorbitantă, masculine plural exorbitanți, feminine and neuter plural exorbitante)

1. extortionate

Declension

Declension of exorbitant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	exorbitant		exorbitantă	exorbitanți	exorbitante
	definite	exorbitantul		exorbitanta	exorbitanții	exorbitantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	exorbitant		exorbitante	exorbitanți	exorbitante
	definite	exorbitantului		exorbitantei	exorbitanților	exorbitantelor