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Puffery

The act of puffing bestowment of extravagant commendation

Quixotic

Like Don Quixote romantic to extravagance prone to pursue unrealizable goals absurdly chivalric apt to be deluded See also quixotism

Luxury

SCC 219: (1976) 2 SCR 690. (Constitution of India, Sch VII, List II, Entry 62) (ii) Luxury connotes extravagance or indulgence, as distinguished from the needs and necessities of life. The New Dictionary of Thoughts has these

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Rampancy

The quality or state of being rampant excessive action or development exuberance extravagance

Rant

To rave in violent high sounding or extravagant language without dignity of thought to be noisy boisterous and bombastic in talk or declamation as a ranting

Romance

novel especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine a tale of extravagant adventures of love and the like

Romantic

Of or pertaining to romance involving or resembling romance hence fanciful marvelous extravagant unreal as a romantic tale a romantic notion a romantic undertaking

Devastavit

wasted), a devastation or waste of the property of the deceased person by an executor or administrator by extravagance or misapplication of the assets, for which he is liable. 'A devastavit or waste in an executor or

Executor

and responsibilities of an executor may be thus classed:- (1) He will not be allowed as against creditors extravagant funeral expenses if the testator died insolvent; and if he neglects to secure the property, and loss ensue,

Funeral expenses

of the burial will be allowed before all other debts and charges; but if the personal representative be extravagant, he commits a devastavit, for which he will be answerable to the creditors or legatees.

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