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Exorʹbitant

means literally out of the rut (Latin, ex orʹbita, out of the wheel-rut); out of the track; extravagant (extra-vagant).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Exeter Controversy
Exeter Domesday
Exhibition
Exhibition (The Great)
Exies or Axes
Exile
Exit (Latin, he goes out)
Exodus
Exon
Exorbitant
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Experto Crede
Explosion
Exponent
Exposé (French)
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