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Traditional English :: ultima
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ultiate.html - n.
the last syllable of a word. [L ultima (syllaba), fem. of ultimus last] |
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Traditional English :: ultima Thule
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ultiate.html - n.
a far-away unknown region. [L, = furthest Thule, a remote northern region] |
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Traditional English :: ultimata
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ultiate.html - pl. of ULTIMATUM. |
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Traditional English :: ultimate
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ultiate.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 last, final.
2 beyond which no other exists or is possible (the ultimate analysis).
3 fundamental, primary, unanalysable (ultimate truths).
4 maximum (ultimate tensile strength). --n. 1 (prec. by the) the best achievable or imaginable.
2 a final or fundamental fact or principle. ultimately adj. ultimateness n. [LL ultimatus past part. of ultimare come to an end] |
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Traditional English :: ultimatum
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ultiate.html - n. (pl. ultimatums or ultimata) a final demand or statement of terms by one party, the rejection of which by another could cause a breakdown in relations, war, or an end of cooperation etc. [L neut. past part.: see ULTIMATE] |
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Traditional English :: ultimo
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ultiate.html - adj.
Commerce of last month (the 28th ultimo). [L ultimo mense in the last month] |
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