Definition of Expenseve
Ex*pen"sive (?), a. 1.
Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear;
liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or
family.
War is expensive, and peace
desirable. Burke.
2. Free in expending; very liberal;
especially, in a bad sense: extravagant; lavish. [R.]
An active, expensive, indefatigable
goodness. Sprat.
The idle and expensive are
dangerous. Sir W. Temple.
Syn. -- Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant.
-- Ex*pen"sive*ly, adv. --
Ex*pen"sive*ness, n.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- having a high price, cost
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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