ultima Thule
Americannoun
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(italics) the highest degree attainable.
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the farthest point; the limit of any journey.
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the point believed by the ancients to be farthest north.
noun
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another name for Thule
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any distant or unknown region
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a remote goal or aim
Etymology
Origin of ultima Thule
First recorded in 1655–65; literally, farthest Thule
Example Sentences
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But you make no mention of that almost fabulous will-o'-the-wisp, that ultima Thule of all cribbage players, the "29 hand."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
But English will mean fame in ultima Thule; the isles of the sea, as the Bible says.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
They gave to local affairs so excessive an importance that it also appeared to their eyes as if the boundary of the Indian city was the ultima Thule of civilization.
From The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic by Quesada, Ernesto
Wherever the Romans conquered they inhabited, and introduced into all their provinces, from Syene, “where the shadow both way falls,” to the ultima Thule of the Scottish border, the germs of Latin civilization.
From Old Roads and New Roads by Donne, William Bodham
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