extremity
The most extreme or furthest point of somethingThe most extreme or furthest point of something.
» He was driven to the last extremity.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The most extreme or furthest point of something.
Extremität, äußerstes Ende
крайkraj, оконе́чностьokonéčnostʹ, коне́цkonéc
the outermost or farthest region or point
(countable, uncountable)An extreme measure.
Äußerste, Extremste
кра́йностьkrájnostʹ
an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease)
(countable, uncountable)A hand or foot.
Guillain–Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one’s extremities.
Extremität
коне́чностьkonéčnostʹ
(countable, uncountable)A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).
Examples
5 sentencesHe was driven to the last extremity.
I can't feel my extremities.
deIch kann meine Gliedmaßen nicht mehr spüren. — Waldelfe
In an instant he had reached the extremity of the niche, and finding his progress arrested by the rock, stood stupidly bewildered.
The human body consists of a head, neck, and torso, and upper and lower extremities.
ruТело человека состоит из головы, шеи, туловища, верхних и нижних конечностей. — al_ex_an_der
deDer menschliche Körper besteht aus dem Kopf, dem Hals, dem Rumpf sowie den oberen und unteren Extremitäten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
"Yea, alive, indeed, / alive through all extremities of woe. / Doubt not, thou see'st the truth, no shape of empty show."
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
From Middle English extremite, from Old French extremité, from Latin extrēmitātem (“extremFrom Middle English extremite, from Old French extremité, from Latin extrēmitātem (“extremity; border, perimeter; ending”), from extrēmīs (“furthest, extreme”) + -itās (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being); see extreme. Extrēmīs is derived from exter (“external, outward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”)) + -issimus (superlative suffix) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-is- (comparative suffix) + *-(t)m̥mo- (absolutive case suffix)).
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Forms
plural: extremities| Singular | extremity |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable