01 a. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limi…
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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.
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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.