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Exorbitant      
·adj Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
II. Exorbitant ·adj 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.
exorbitant      
a.
Extravagant, inordinate, excessive, enormous, unreasonable.
exorbitant      
[?g'z?:b?t(?)nt]
¦ adjective (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high.
Derivatives
exorbitance noun
exorbitantly adverb
Origin
ME: from late L. exorbitant-, exorbitare 'go off the track'.
Examples of use of exorbitant
1. Related Articles Exorbitant municipal taxes_(...COMMENTARIES...)
2. The cost of irrigation for other crops is frequently exorbitant.
3. They are therefore willing to pay exorbitant prices for it.
4. This avoided the exorbitant cost of a hospital bed.
5. But in Israel, passengers also suffer from exorbitant fares.