extremity

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The most extreme or furthest point of something.
2. (countable, uncountable) An extreme measure.
3. (countable, uncountable) A hand or foot.
4. (countable, uncountable) A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).

Synonyms

end

🔚

tip

extreme

limit

limb

point

border

member

edge

height

termination

terminal

side

result

verge

extremitas

appendage

brim

corner

excess

extremeness

extremities

head

tail

utmost

farthest end

ultimacy

fate

finger

finish

foot

🦶

fringe

goal

pole extension

conclusion

hem

last

ledge

coccyx

close

marge

margin

climax

nadir

neb

outside

outskirts

peak

phalange

pinch

Translations

extrémité

estremità

🔚

extremidad

🔚

extremidade

extremitat

άκρο

Ende

🔚

Extremität

äußerstes Ende

Extrem

bout

🔚

Spitze

extremiteit

έσχατη

τέλος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈstɹɛmɪti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: extremite

In summary

From Middle English extremite, from Old French extremité, from Latin extrēmitātem (“extremity; border, perimeter; ending”), from extrēmīs (“furthest, extreme”) + -itās (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being); see extreme. Extrēmīs is derived from exter (“external, outward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”)) + -issimus (superlative suffix) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-is- (comparative suffix) + *-(t)m̥mo- (absolutive case suffix)).