from medieval Latin extrāvagāt- ppl. stem of extrāvagārī (or extrā vagārī) to wander, stray outside limits, from extrā outside +vagārī to wander Cf. French extravaguer 1600 - An Exposition upon the Prophet Jonah, Archbishop George Abbot; see below From: A Contribution to the Study of the French Element in English By Jules Derocquigny, 1904 III. The French loan-words more numerous than has hitherto been realized (quoting Archbishop Abbott) P. 60 (for definition 3)
From: Miscellanies: Chiefly Addresses, Academical and Historical. By Francis William Newman Volume I. 1869 Third Lecture. On Poetical Description P. 105/106
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