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 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
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
Etsi vero aliquam inter haec et illa dogmata distinctionem auctor inducat, et haec ultima minori jure rationi attribuat, tamen clare aperteque docet, etiam haec contineri inter illa, quae veram propriamque scientiae seu philosophiae materiam constituunt.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 by
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