extravagancy

English

Etymology

From extravagant +‎ -cy.[1]

Noun

extravagancy (countable and uncountable, plural extravagancies) (archaic)

  1. (uncountable) Synonym of extravagance (“the characteristic of being extravagant”). [17th–19th centuries]
  2. (countable) Synonym of extravagance (“a thing that is extravagant”). [17th–19th centuries]

References

  1. ^ “extravagancy, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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