ultima Thule

American  

[uhl-tuh-muh thoo-lee, ool-ti-mah too-le] / ˈʌl tə mə ˈθu li, ˈʊl tɪˌmɑ ˈtu lɛ /

noun

1. (italics) the highest degree attainable.

2. the farthest point; the limit of any journey.

3. the point believed by the ancients to be farthest north.

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ultima Thule British  

/ ˈθjuːlɪ /

noun

1. another name for Thule

2. any distant or unknown region

3. a remote goal or aim

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Etymology

Origin of ultima Thule

First recorded in 1655–65; literally, farthest Thule

Example Sentences

The supreme objective—the ultima thule of redemption—is— Immortality—the Christian eternally and incorruptibly embodied.

From Christ, Christianity and the Bible by Haldeman, Isaac Massey

Everything had an uncomfortable, transient, expectant appearance, and the feeble people that limped toward the ultima thule looked fagged and wretched.

From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by Townsend, George Alfred

We shot through the devious, narrow streets to the Hotel Diana, where we made our toilet, for our habiliments, too, had reached their ultima thule.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James

Science is cumulative in its evidences, and it is somewhat hazardous to undertake to say, at any point, that the ultima thule of discovery has been reached.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various

Stratford is his ultima thule, the objective of his longest travels.

From The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir