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<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Extrastapedial</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`tra*sta*pe"di*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The extrastapedial part of columella.</def></def2>

<h1>Extraterritorial</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly</wf><tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Extraterritoriality</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`tra*ter`ri*to`ri*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory</def>; esp. <fld>(Internat. Law)</fld>, <def>a fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation.</def>

<i>Wheaton.</i>

<h1>Extratropical</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`tra*trop"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Beyond or outside of the tropics.</def>

<i>Whewell.</i>

<h1>Extraught</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`traught"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Extract</er>. <ety>[Cf. <er>Distraught</er>.]</ety> <def>Extracted; descended.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Knowing whence thou art <b>extraught</b> <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Extra-uterine</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex`tra-u"ter*ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat. & Med.)</fld> <def>Outside of the uterus, or womb.</def>

<cs><col>Extra-uterine pregnancy</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a condition of pregnancy in which the fetus is not in the uterus, but in the Fallopian tube or in the abdominal cavity.</cd></cs>

<h1>Extravagance</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*trav"a*gance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>extravagance</ets>. See <er>Extravagant</er>, and cf. <er>Extravaganza</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; <as>as, <ex>extravagance</ex> of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Some verses of my own, Maximin and Almanzor, cry vengeance on me for their <b>extravagance</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The income of three dukes was enough to supply her <b>extravagance</b>. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion; waste; lavishness; unreasonableness; recklessness.</syn>

<h1>Extravagancy</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*trav"a*gan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Extravagancies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>Extravagance.</def>

<h1>Extravagant</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*trav"a*gant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>extravagant</ets>, fr. L. <ets>extra</ets> on the outside + <ets>vagance</ets>, <ets><?/antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>vagari</ets> to wander, from <ets>vagus</ets> wandering, vague. See <er>Vague</er>.]</ety>

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