\Ex*or"bi*tant\, a. [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of
exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf.
F. exorbitant. See {Orbit}.]
1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating
   from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed
   rules or established limits of right or propriety;
   excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as,
   exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges,
   demands, or claims.
         Foul exorbitant desires.              --Milton.
2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.
         The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant,
         and such as their laws had not provided for.
                                               --Hooker.