2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extremity \Ex*trem"i*ty\, n.; pl {Extremities}(?). [L.
extremitas: cf F. extr['e]mit['e].]
1. The extreme part the utmost limit; the farthest or
remotest point or part as the extremities of a country.
They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of
Ethiopia. --Arbuthnot.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a
limb; a leg or an arm of man.
3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or
intense form ``The extremity of bodily pain.'' --Ray.
4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering;
greatest need or peril; extreme need necessity.
Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a
compulsion shall here be set in view. --Milton.
Upon mere extremity he summoned this last
Parliament. --Milton.
Syn: Verge; border; extreme; end termination.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
extremity
n 1: an external body part that projects from the body; "it is
important to keep the extremities warm" [syn: {appendage},
{member}]
2: an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or
disease)
3: the greatest or utmost degree: "the extremity of despair"
4: the outermost or farthest region or point
5: that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso
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