extreme

  • 51extreme — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. remote, utmost, farthest, last, final, ultra, radical, drastic; excessive, inordinate, deep, intense, desperate, outrageous, immoderate, greatest. See end, greatness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [The… …

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  • 52extreme — [15] Etymologically, extreme is the latinate equivalent of the native English utmost. It comes via Old French extreme from Latin extrēmus ‘farthest, last, excessive’, which began life as a superlative form based on Latin ex ‘out’ – hence… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 53extreme — [15] Etymologically, extreme is the latinate equivalent of the native English utmost. It comes via Old French extreme from Latin extrēmus ‘farthest, last, excessive’, which began life as a superlative form based on Latin ex ‘out’ – hence… …

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  • 54extreme — Synonyms and related words: Draconian, Thule, Ultima Thule, a bit much, abandon, abandoned, abnormal, acme, acute, aggrandized, aggrandizement, all, amplification, amplified, anarchistic, anarcho syndicalist, apex, apogee, at the height, ballyhoo …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 55extreme — adjective 1》 very great.     ↘not usual; exceptional.     ↘very severe or serious.     ↘denoting or relating to a sport performed in a hazardous environment. 2》 far from moderate, especially politically. 3》 furthest from the centre or a given… …

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  • 56extreme —   Wēlau, ēlau, welelau, palena, oi loa aku.    ♦ Extreme unction, ukione …

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  • 57extrême — adj. èstrémo, a, e (Albanais.001) ; fin, na, e <fin> (001, Saxel). E. : Extrémité. A1) extrême, monstre, boeuf, énorme, épouvantable : du dyâblyo <du diable>, d to lô dyâblyo <de tous les diables> (001). Fra. Faire un vacarme… …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 58extrème — a, estrème, o adj. et m. extrême …

    Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • 59extreme — Outermost; utmost. Sometimes employed as the opposite of moderate, but more often as meaning far advanced or excessive, e. g. extreme cruelty. Estate of Nelson, 132 Cal 182, 191 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 60Extreme Unction — • A sacrament to give spiritual aid and comfort and perfect spiritual health, including, if need be, the remission of sins, and also, conditionally, to restore bodily health, to Christians who are seriously ill Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight …

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