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ultimity

ultimity noun: the final stage or consequence; finality.

Noun

ultimity (countable and uncountable, plural ultimities)

  1. (obsolete) The final stage or consequence; finality.
    • The constantest notion of .concoction is , that it should signify the degrees of alteration , of one body into another , from crudity to perfect concoction ; which is the ultimity of that action or process1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

Forms of ultimity

pluralultimities

Origin of ultimity

Latin ultimatus extremity, from Latin ultimus the last.

Questions about ultimity

What does ultimity mean?
Ultimity means the final stage or consequence; finality.
What part of speech is ultimity?
Ultimity is a noun.
What is the plural of ultimity?
The plural of ultimity is ultimities.

Words near ultimity in the dictionary

  1. ultimatum games
  2. ultimatums
  3. ultime
  4. ultimism
  5. ultimities
  6. ultimity
  7. ultimo
  8. ultimobranchial
  9. ultimogenitary
  10. ultimogeniture
  11. ultimogenitures

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