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extremity |
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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