exorbitant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
    extortionate; usurious; outrageous; unconscionable; steep.
    • exorbitant rent
    • extortionate prices
    • spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
    • usurious interest rate
    • unconscionable spending

WordNet

Ex*or"bi*tant adjective
Etymology
L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See Orbit.
Definitions
  1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims.
    Foul exorbitant desires. Milton.
  2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
    The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for. Hooker.

Webster 1913