Extremity Definition

ĭk-strĕmĭ-tē
extremities
noun
extremities
The outermost or utmost point or part; end.
Webster's New World
The greatest degree.
Webster's New World
A state of extreme necessity, danger, etc.
Webster's New World
The end of life; dying.
Webster's New World
An extreme measure; severe or strong action.
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Other Word Forms of Extremity

Noun

Singular:
extremity
Plural:
extremities

Origin of Extremity

  • From Middle English extremite, from Old French extremite, from Latin extremitas (“the extremity or end”), from extremis (“furthest, extreme”); see extreme.

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Extremity Sentence Examples

  • Two fine inlets, Berkeley Sound and Port William, run far into the land at the northeastern extremity of the island.

  • They are placed on a line joining the north end of Sumatra and Cape Negrais, the south-western extremity of Burma.

  • On its western extremity it is linked by secondary ranges to the mountain system of Morocco.

  • Its culminating point is toward its southern extremity in the Serra da Canastra, 4206 ft.

  • In Heliodrilus the blind extremity of the spermatheca is enclosed in a coelomic sac which is in connexion with the sacs envolving the ovaries and oviducts.

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