Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Exorbitant

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

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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