ultima
Americannoun
noun
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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 the aim of this ultima mano, this finishing off, would have been not to make the colors more tonally somber, as the antis suppose, but actually to make them brighter.
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
War was still to be avoided and considered only as the ultima ratio rei publicae.
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert
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