adj .
excessively costly ; excessive 엄청나게 비싼 ; 과도한

• This word literally means out of orbit. Prices are exorbitant when they get sky-high.
• Meals at the new restaurant were exorbitant ; a single stuffed mushroom cost seventy-five dollars.
• The better business bureau cited the discount electronic store for putting an exorbitant mark-up on portable tape recorders.
  상업 개선 협회는 그 전자제품 할인매장이 휴대용 녹음기의 가격을 터무니없이 울렸다고 지적했다.
• The author was exorbitant in his use of big words ; nearly every page in the book sent to the dictionary at least a dozen times.
  작가는 거창한 단어들을 엄청 많이 사용했다 ; 그의 책을 보려면, 모든 페이지마다 적어도 열두 번은 사전을 찾아야 했다.