Vocabulary : Ultimity to Ultraist

Ultimity : The last stage or consequence; finality.
Ultimo : In the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult. Cf. Proximo.
Ultion : The act of taking vengeance; revenge.
Ultra : Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures. ;; One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical.
Ultra- : A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.

Ultra vires : Beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
Ultragaseous : Having the properties exhibited by gases under very low pressures (one millionth of an atmosphere or less). Matter under this condition, which has been termed the fourth state of matter, is sometimes called radiant matter.
Ultrage : Outrage.
Ultraism : The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like.
Ultraist : One who pushes a principle or measure to extremes; an extremist; a radical; an ultra.

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