extravaganza /ɪkˌstɹæv.əˈɡæn.zə/ noun2 •An instance of fantastical, unrestrained, lavish, or chaotic behaviour or conduct.The bride had her heart set on a simple wedding, but her parents insisted on a three-hundred-guest extravaganza. •An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama, originally associated with Victorian England.It grew out of the Victorian “extravaganza” style, which took serious opera and literature and applied broad comic satire (usually with music) that played to the masses. — 2018 formsextravaganzas · extravaganze