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extremeness
Variant of extreme
extreme
definition
ex·treme (ek strēm′, ik-)
adjective
- at the end or outermost point; farthest away; most remote; utmost
- in or to the greatest degree; very great or greatest extreme pain
- to an excessive degree; immoderate
- far from what is usual or conventional
- deviating to the greatest degree from the center of opinion, as in politics
- very severe; drastic extreme measures
- designating or of sports that involve high speeds, unusually risky actions, and considerable exposure to physical injury
- Archaic last; final
Etymology: ME & OFr < L extremus, last, outermost, superl. of exterus, outer: see external
noun
- either of two things that are as different or far as possible from each other
- an extreme degree
- an extreme act, expedient, etc.
- an extreme state or condition an extreme of distress
- Obsolete an extreme point; extremity
- Math.
- the first or last term of a proportion
- extremum
Related Forms:
- extremely ex·treme′ly adverb
- extremeness ex·treme′·ness noun
extreme Idioms
go to extremes
to be excessive or immoderate in speech or action
in the extreme
to the utmost degree
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