ultra-, ult-

(Latin: beyond, on the other side; excessive, to an extreme degree)


ad finem ultimum
To the final end.

Said to be the motto of the Canadian Space Agency.

antepenult
antepenultimate
a primo ad ultimum
From first to last.
bioultrasonics
1. The use of ultrasonics for biological applications; such as, ultrasonic medical tomography, ultrasonic microscopy, and physical therapy.
2. The study of the interaction of sound at frequencies above about 20 000 hertz with living systems.
cryoultramicrotomy
The technique of using a cryostat or freezing microtome, in which the temperature is regulated to -20 degrees Celsius, to cut ultrathin frozen sections for microscopic (usually, electron microscopic) examination.
exultingly
ne plus ultra
Not more beyond.

The limit, perfection, highest point, or peak of achievement or excellence; the pinnacle, the ultimate. The most profound degree of a quality or condition.

Although the literal sense of the phrase makes it possible to be used as a term expressing prohibition, in the sense of "no further may you go", its primary use indicates the supremacy of a product, a literary work, a system, etc.

Ne ultra.
Nothing beyond.

Motto of Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, USA.

Non plus ultra.
Until here and not any further.

Based on a German source, Hercules is said to have settled in Cadiz, Spain, where he erected columns as a monument with the inscription: "These are the limit stones of Hercules" with the idea that this was the edge of the world.

Many Germans believe the phrase refers to something that is "the best", "the utmost", or "nothing better".

outrage

Noun forms:

1. An act of extreme violence or viciousness.
2. An act grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste.
3. A deplorable insult.
4. Resentful anger aroused by a violent or offensive act.

Verb forms:

5. To offend grossly against (standards of decency or morality).
6. To commit an outrage on someone.
7. To produce anger or resentment in: "The worker's incompetence outraged him."
8. Etymology: "violent behavior, excess, extravagance" from Old French outrage (12th century), earlier oltrage (11 century), from Vulgar Latin ultraticum, "excess"; from Latin ultra, "beyond".

Etymologically, "the passing beyond reasonable bounds" in any sense. The meaning was narrowed in English toward "violent excesses" because of folk etymology from "out" + "rage".

outrageous
outrageously
outrageousness
outrager

Related "above, over, beyond the normal, excessive" word units: epi-; hyper-; super-, supra-.

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "more, plentiful, fullness, excessive, over flowing": copi-; exuber-; hyper-; multi-; opulen-; ple-; pleio-; plethor-; poly-; super-; total-; undu-.


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