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Word of the Day - exorbitant

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exorbitant

/ɪɡˈzɔːbɪt(ə)nt/
adjective
(of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high.

Origin
Late
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’.

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