ultima
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ultima
First recorded in 1910–15; from Latin, feminine of ultimus “farthest,” superlative corresponding to ulterior ulterior
Example Sentences
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Pytheas called the place he encountered Thule, as in ultima Thule—the land beyond all known lands.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2017
The German insistence on "ultima ratio" or last resort means that the new permanent bailout fund can only be tapped when all other options have been exhausted.
From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2010
Thus last February Los Angeles station KNX announced the advent of What's On Your Mind?, the ultima Thule in audience-participation shows.
From Time Magazine Archive
When correspondents asked Italy's Paris Spokesman for the nth time "What are the possibilities for a peaceful settlement now?" he answered in classical Latin "spes ultima deus—The Last Hope Is God!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Ecce sophus, divina humanaque jura Calleo, et à populo doctor Rabbique salutor, Te manet expectans mors ultima linea rerum.
From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis
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