Obs. [f. prec. vb.: see -ATION. Cf. Fr. extravagation.] Wandering beyond due or prescribed limits; an extravagance.
1611. Cotgr., Extravagation, an extrauagation, or extrauagating.
1669. Woodhead, St. Teresa, I. Pref. (1671), 16. The thinking of them is apt to cause some extravagation of our thoughts in Prayer.
1771. Smollett, Humph. Cl. (1793), I. 144 (T.). I don’t pretend to justify the extravagations of the multitude.
