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
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
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
One of the various crimes of which he was suspected, identifies him as the Gellius branded by our poet, and whose vices were so great— —— “Quantum non ultima Tethys, Non genitor nympharum abluit Oceanus.”
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
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