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extremity
(encz) | extremity,extrém n: Zdeněk Brož |
extremity
(encz) | extremity,krajnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
extremity
(encz) | extremity,okraj Zdeněk Brož |
Extremity
(gcide) | 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.
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They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of
Ethiopia. --Arbuthnot.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a
limb; a leg or an arm of man.
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3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or
intense form. "The extremity of bodily pain." --Ray.
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4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering;
greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity.
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Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a
compulsion shall here be set in view. --Milton.
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Upon mere extremity he summoned this last
Parliament. --Milton.
Syn: Verge; border; extreme; end; termination.
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extremity
(wn) | extremity
n 1: an external body part that projects from the body; "it is
important to keep the extremities warm" [syn: extremity,
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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extremity
(encz) | extremity,extrém n: Zdeněk Brožextremity,krajnost n: Zdeněk Brožextremity,okraj Zdeněk Brož |
pedal extremity
(encz) | pedal extremity, n: |
extremity
(wn) | extremity
n 1: an external body part that projects from the body; "it is
important to keep the extremities warm" [syn: extremity,
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 |
pedal extremity
(wn) | pedal extremity
n 1: the extremity of the limb in vertebrates [syn: {vertebrate
foot}, pedal extremity] |
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