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Traditional English :: ult.
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ultmate.html - abbr.
ultimo. |
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Traditional English :: ulterior
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ultmate.html - adj. 1 existing in the background, or beyond what is evident or admitted; hidden, secret (esp. ulterior motive). 2 situated beyond. 3 more remote; not immediate; in the future. ulteriorly adv. [L, = further, more distant] |
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Traditional English :: ultima
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ultmate.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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ultmate.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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ultmate.html - pl. of ULTIMATUM. |
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Traditional English :: ultimate
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ultmate.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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