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extravaganza noun [ ɪkˌstravəˈɡanzə ]

• an elaborate and spectacular entertainment or production.
• "an extravaganza of dance in many forms"
Similar: spectacular, display, spectacle, exhibition, performance, presentation, show, pageant,
Origin: mid 18th century (in the sense ‘extravagance in language or behaviour’): from Italian estravaganza ‘extravagance’. The change was due to association with words beginning with extra-.


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