exorbitant
adjective/ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/
/ɪɡˈzɔːrbɪtənt/
(formal)- (of a price) much too high
- exorbitant costs/fares/fees/prices/rents
- It’s a good hotel but the prices are exorbitant.
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Word Originlate Middle English (originally describing a legal case that is outside the scope of a law): from late Latin exorbitant- ‘going off the track’, from exorbitare, from ex- ‘out from’ + orbita ‘course, track’.Want to learn more?
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