Definition of exorbitant

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ex·or·bi·tant    (g-zôrb-tnt) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

Exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness: exorbitant prices. See Synonyms at excessive.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, aberrant, flagrant, from Old French, excessive, extreme, from Late Latin exorbitns, exorbitant- present participle of exorbitre, to deviate : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin orbita, path, track ; see orbit

OTHER FORMS:
ex·orbi·tant·ly(Adverb)