Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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extravagant

/ɪkˈstɹævəɡənt/ adjective

  1. adjective Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
  2. adjective Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained. “extravagant acts, praise, or abuse”
  3. adjective Exorbitant
  4. adjective Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful. “an extravagant man”

Synonyms

rangy vagrant wandering immoderate lavish unrestrained devilish excessive horrendous de trop extreme intemperate nimious obscene overmuch overweening over the top prodigal undue unmeasured exuberant profligate spendthrift

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English extravagaunt, from Middle French extravagant and its etymon Medieval Latin extravagans, present participle of extravagor (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagor (“to wander, stray”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. [Obs.]
  2. adjective Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
  3. noun One who is confined to no general rule. L'Estrange.
  4. noun pl. (Eccl. Hist.)

Etymology [F. extravagant, fr. L. extra on the outside + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. See Vague.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “extravagant”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “extravagant” (best matches first).

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