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 Ex’on,Exoter’ic. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Exor’bitant
 
means literally out of the rut (Latin, ex or’bita, out of the wheel-rut); out of the track; extravagant (extra-vagant).   1
 


 Ex’on,Exoter’ic. 

 
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