extremityn.

/ɛkˈstrɛmɪti/

Forms: Middle English–1500s extremite(e, ex(s)tremyte(e, 1500s–1600s extreamitie, extreamity, extremity.

Etymology: < French extrémité, < Latin extrēmitāt-em , < extrēmus (see extreme adj.).

a. The extreme or terminal point or portion of anything; the very end.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [noun]

endc825

headOE

finea1300

nolla1387

extremityc1400

hinder end?1523

extreme1570

termininea1593

exit1615

outmost1634

terminus1704

knobhead1793

terminal1865

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 155 Þe round extremite of þis boon.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxi. 413 Branches..hauing at their extremities or endes certayne whites.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 303 The middle of Humanity thou neuer knewest, but the extremitie of both ends.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 204 The extremities of their wings are blunt.

1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 75 In the Mariner's Compasse, the Needle's extremity, though [etc.].

1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §25. 47 From their extremities F, D, draw the Right lines FE, DC.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 296 Antennæ thickening towards their extremity.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Extremities, the stem and stern posts of a ship.

1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 81 At the extremity of the east end is a mausoleum.

b. plural. The uttermost parts of the body; the hands and feet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > [noun]

extremitiesa1475

acroter1704

a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 17 He schal waische al his body and his extremytees wiþ brennynge watir ofte tymes.

1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 438 Cold in the Extremities.

1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints 112 His heads are ill-set on; his extremities incorrectly touched.

1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 185 His extremities were cold. His feet were put into hot water.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 238 Bodily pain is..seated usually in the skin and the extremities.

†2. The two things which are at the extreme ends of a scale; the ‘extremes’ as opposed to the ‘mean’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > polarity > pole

extremityc1400

polea1550

extreme1555

counter-pole1839

c1400 Rom. Rose 6528 Richesse and mendicitees Ben clepid two extremytees.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 179/3 Thextremytees of Justyce ben cruelte and defaulte.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 336 Vorschip Extremyteis has twa; Fule-hardyment..And..cowardis.

1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 523 The extremities of estates, specially the highest, are more subiect to those things..then the meane estates.

a. The extreme or utmost degree, that which reaches the utmost point. †Also in phrases in, to (an, the, that) extremity. Obsolete = extreme adj. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > highest, utmost, or extreme degree

heightOE

perfectiona1398

utterestc1410

uttermosta1425

tiptoec1440

pinnaclec1450

utmost1472

outmostc1535

extremity1543

abyss1548

top1552

furthest, utmost stretch1558

summa summarum1567

superlative1573

strain1576

extreme1595

fine1596

last1602

yondmost1608

super-superlative1623

pitch1624

utmostness1674

pink1720

supreme1817

ultima Thule1828

peak1902

1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 12 The kynge..is forced..to prosecute his saide ennemies, with the sworde to the extremitie of his power.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Extremitye of the lawe. Summum Ins.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 3 Which she must dote on, in extreamitie .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 141 Haplesse Egeon whom the fates haue markt To beare the extremitie of dire mishap.

1638 F. Rous Heavenly Acad. iii. 24 Having none of them, to suffer extremities of penurie and want.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. xvii. §5 In Derbyshire..the waters..clear to an extremity.

1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes Pref. sig. A4 Farce, the Extremitie of bad Poetry.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 55 The Weather was hot to Extremity.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 173 It was encreased to such a frightful Extremity.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xxiv. 708 The last extremities of thirst and hunger.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 449 (note) No more violent extremity of sin..can be described.

†b. The utmost penalty. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 103 Before the iudgement seates..they will haue the extremitie of them.

†4.

a. Extreme or inordinate intensity or violence (of passion, action, suffering, labour, etc.); an instance of this; a violent outburst. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [noun]

woodnessc1000

furyc1374

ferteec1380

ragea1393

violencea1393

excess1423

zeala1425

vehemence1445

extremity1509

franticnessa1529

vehemency1534

wildnessc1540

impotency1542

violent1576

distraughture1594

distraught1610

distractiona1616

distractedness?1617

entrancement1637

distractfulnessa1640

impotencea1640

transportment1639

transportednessa1656

violent1667

whirl1707

rave1765

Sturm und Drang1857

storm and stress1879

the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [noun] > fit of violent emotion

furyc1374

ecstasyc1384

ethroclytes1485

extremity1509

vehemency1612

rapturea1616

rapture1620

fit1654

transport1658

vehemence1741

orgasma1763

rave1765

rampage1860

brainstorm1861

tear1880

maenadism1883

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xvi. li Great extremyte Of fervent love.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. O5 With equall measure she did moderate The strong extremities of their outrage.

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. E3^v When the exalations of the aire, Breakes in extremitie of lightning flash.

1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth iv. 31 An vnwonted extremity of the blow shall fetch blood.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 20 The Admirall..burst..into an extremitie of weeping.

1669 A. Marvell Let. 4 Dec. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 94 Hauing the fauor to sit by reason of his extremity of the Gout.

b. Extreme stress or severity (of weather).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > condition of > severity > extreme

extremity1691

1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 40 All such extremities of weather.

1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 348 The extremity of the weather..prevented it.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Jan. (1965) I. 292 It is now the very Extremity of the Winter here.

1826 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 6) I. 82 The extremity of the weather.

†5. Extravagance in opinion, behaviour, or expenditure; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > excessiveness, extravagance

extremitya1533

exorbitancya1638

exorbitance1646

transvolation1649

hyperbole1652

extremism1865

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. I.v^v Ye women are so extreme in all headlong extremitees.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 148 If I..shew no colour for my extremity: Let me..be your Table-sport.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. ix. 86 Many notorious for extremities may find favourers to preferre them.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xlvi. 505 This extremity in apparel..tended to the confusion of the degrees of all estates.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 426. ⁋4 All the Extremities of Houshold Expence.

†6. Extreme severity or rigour. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > strictness > [noun] > extreme strictness or rigour

rigorousté1399

rigourc1405

rigorousnessa1450

rigorositya1539

summum jus1539

extremitya1616

15.. Hours of Virgin 100 Entreating me w^th like extremitie As if I were Thy mortall enemie.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie E 426 To vse extremitie..Iure summo agere.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 309 Oh times e [x] tremity Hast thou so crack'd and splitted my poore tongue [etc.]?

1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat i. i. sig. B4^v We sit ingag'd to censure him with all extremitie and rigour.

a. A condition of extreme urgency or need; the utmost point of adversity, embarrassment, or suffering. Phrases, to †bring, drive, †put, reduce to (the last) extremity or extremities. †upon an extremity: on an emergency.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > most extreme

worstc1275

extremityc1425

extreme fortune1531

exigents1588

fine1596

devil1681

limit1906

the end of the line1948

c1425 T. Hoccleve Min. Poems i. (1892) 208 In swich an houres extremitee.

c1542 Udall in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1843) 3 Considre in what extremitee and distresse I am constitute.

1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Serm. Songe Ezechias iv Sometimes thei are brought to such extremitie that onles they digge the earth..they haue not a droppe of water to drinke.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 21 He vsed it vpon an extremity.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 8 A Serpent was the first originall of all his extremities.

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 6 A daring Pilot in extremity.

a1691 J. Flavell Faithful Narr. Sea-deliv. in Wks. (1701) II. 73 We knew that Mans Extremity is God's Opportunity.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 129 I was not driven to any Extremities for Food.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 165 Florence was reduced to the last extremity.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 95 Driven to extremity.

b. (to resist, etc.) to the last extremity: to the death. †to expect the extremity: to be prepared for the worst or for death.

ΚΠ

1684 London Gaz. No. 1969/2 The Besieged..seem resolved to expect the Extremity.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 182 Mirabeau wrote prophetically from England, in 1784, ‘..The English tenant would defend his lord to the last extremity.’

8. A person's last moments; the ‘article of death’. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun] > point of

death's gateOE

the gate(s of death1340

lasta1382

(in) the article (formerly also articles) of death1483

death's door1515

the valley of the shadow of death1535

(one's) last gasp1564

death door1601

extremity1602

on one's last legs1614

verge1750

the Great (Continental) Divide1908

1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxvi. 315 Yea, Atheist in Extremeties, thou touchest on his Name.

a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1634) 109 At the day of death, at the time of extremity.

1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 51 Many Children sick of this Disease, to whom I could give no Help, being not called till the very Extremity.

1838 G. P. R. James Life & Times Louis XIV III. i. 14 Letters from Mazarin announcing that the King was at extremity.

1863 G. A. Sala Last Crusader 218 Saint Louis..being in extremities..receives extreme unction.

9. An extreme measure; the utmost point of severity or desperation. Chiefly in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > utmost point or extreme measure

extremity1639

1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat ii. i. sig. D3 Looke therefore for extremities..I will..kill thee As a Serpent swolne with poyson.

1739 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) VIII. 304 If you are determined..to urge me to extremities.

1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) xii. 165 In case matters were pushed to the extremity of a civil war.

1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) xv. 234 The extremities to which the leaders went against the King.

1890 Sat. Rev. 19 Apr. 483/1 Putting him up as if to be shot, knowing all the while that he could not legally proceed to extremity.

10. The quality of being extreme (in the current senses of the adjective); extremeness. Somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme

extremeness1530

parlousness1727

extremity1849

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 555 The extremity of the danger drew Sancroft forth from his palace.

1861 J. Tulloch Eng. Puritanism 99 The very extremity of their views gave them strength.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xvii. 381 This exact description..required by the very extremity of its destruction.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	extremity
释义	extremityn. /ɛkˈstrɛmɪti/ Forms: Middle English–1500s extremite(e, ex(s)tremyte(e, 1500s–1600s extreamitie, extreamity, extremity. Etymology: < French extrémité, < Latin extrēmitāt-em , < extrēmus (see extreme adj.). 1. a. The extreme or terminal point or portion of anything; the very end. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [noun] endc825 headOE finea1300 nolla1387 extremityc1400 hinder end?1523 extreme1570 termininea1593 exit1615 outmost1634 terminus1704 knobhead1793 terminal1865 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 155 Þe round extremite of þis boon. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lxxi. 413 Branches..hauing at their extremities or endes certayne whites. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 303 The middle of Humanity thou neuer knewest, but the extremitie of both ends. View more context for this quotation 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 204 The extremities of their wings are blunt. 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 75 In the Mariner's Compasse, the Needle's extremity, though [etc.]. 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §25. 47 From their extremities F, D, draw the Right lines FE, DC. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 296 Antennæ thickening towards their extremity. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Extremities, the stem and stern posts of a ship. 1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 81 At the extremity of the east end is a mausoleum. b. plural. The uttermost parts of the body; the hands and feet. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > [noun] extremitiesa1475 acroter1704 a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 17 He schal waische al his body and his extremytees wiþ brennynge watir ofte tymes. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 438 Cold in the Extremities. 1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints 112 His heads are ill-set on; his extremities incorrectly touched. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 185 His extremities were cold. His feet were put into hot water. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 238 Bodily pain is..seated usually in the skin and the extremities. †2. The two things which are at the extreme ends of a scale; the ‘extremes’ as opposed to the ‘mean’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun] > polarity > pole extremityc1400 polea1550 extreme1555 counter-pole1839 c1400 Rom. Rose 6528 Richesse and mendicitees Ben clepid two extremytees. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 179/3 Thextremytees of Justyce ben cruelte and defaulte. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 336 Vorschip Extremyteis has twa; Fule-hardyment..And..cowardis. 1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 523 The extremities of estates, specially the highest, are more subiect to those things..then the meane estates. 3. a. The extreme or utmost degree, that which reaches the utmost point. †Also in phrases in, to (an, the, that) extremity. Obsolete = extreme adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > highest, utmost, or extreme degree heightOE perfectiona1398 utterestc1410 uttermosta1425 tiptoec1440 pinnaclec1450 utmost1472 outmostc1535 extremity1543 abyss1548 top1552 furthest, utmost stretch1558 summa summarum1567 superlative1573 strain1576 extreme1595 fine1596 last1602 yondmost1608 super-superlative1623 pitch1624 utmostness1674 pink1720 supreme1817 ultima Thule1828 peak1902 1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 12 The kynge..is forced..to prosecute his saide ennemies, with the sworde to the extremitie of his power. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Extremitye of the lawe. Summum Ins. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 3 Which she must dote on, in extreamitie . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 141 Haplesse Egeon whom the fates haue markt To beare the extremitie of dire mishap. View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Rous Heavenly Acad. iii. 24 Having none of them, to suffer extremities of penurie and want. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. xvii. §5 In Derbyshire..the waters..clear to an extremity. 1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes Pref. sig. A4 Farce, the Extremitie of bad Poetry. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 55 The Weather was hot to Extremity. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 173 It was encreased to such a frightful Extremity. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xxiv. 708 The last extremities of thirst and hunger. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 449 (note) No more violent extremity of sin..can be described. †b. The utmost penalty. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 103 Before the iudgement seates..they will haue the extremitie of them. †4. a. Extreme or inordinate intensity or violence (of passion, action, suffering, labour, etc.); an instance of this; a violent outburst. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [noun] woodnessc1000 furyc1374 ferteec1380 ragea1393 violencea1393 excess1423 zeala1425 vehemence1445 extremity1509 franticnessa1529 vehemency1534 wildnessc1540 impotency1542 violent1576 distraughture1594 distraught1610 distractiona1616 distractedness?1617 entrancement1637 distractfulnessa1640 impotencea1640 transportment1639 transportednessa1656 violent1667 whirl1707 rave1765 Sturm und Drang1857 storm and stress1879 the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [noun] > fit of violent emotion furyc1374 ecstasyc1384 ethroclytes1485 extremity1509 vehemency1612 rapturea1616 rapture1620 fit1654 transport1658 vehemence1741 orgasma1763 rave1765 rampage1860 brainstorm1861 tear1880 maenadism1883 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xvi. li Great extremyte Of fervent love. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ii. sig. O5 With equall measure she did moderate The strong extremities of their outrage. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. E3^v When the exalations of the aire, Breakes in extremitie of lightning flash. View more context for this quotation 1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth iv. 31 An vnwonted extremity of the blow shall fetch blood. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 20 The Admirall..burst..into an extremitie of weeping. 1669 A. Marvell Let. 4 Dec. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 94 Hauing the fauor to sit by reason of his extremity of the Gout. b. Extreme stress or severity (of weather). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > condition of > severity > extreme extremity1691 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 40 All such extremities of weather. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 348 The extremity of the weather..prevented it. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Jan. (1965) I. 292 It is now the very Extremity of the Winter here. 1826 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 6) I. 82 The extremity of the weather. †5. Extravagance in opinion, behaviour, or expenditure; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > excessiveness, extravagance extremitya1533 exorbitancya1638 exorbitance1646 transvolation1649 hyperbole1652 extremism1865 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. I.v^v Ye women are so extreme in all headlong extremitees. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 148 If I..shew no colour for my extremity: Let me..be your Table-sport. View more context for this quotation 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. ix. 86 Many notorious for extremities may find favourers to preferre them. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xlvi. 505 This extremity in apparel..tended to the confusion of the degrees of all estates. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 426. ⁋4 All the Extremities of Houshold Expence. †6. Extreme severity or rigour. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [noun] > extreme strictness or rigour rigorousté1399 rigourc1405 rigorousnessa1450 rigorositya1539 summum jus1539 extremitya1616 15.. Hours of Virgin 100 Entreating me w^th like extremitie As if I were Thy mortall enemie. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie E 426 To vse extremitie..Iure summo agere. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 309 Oh times e [x] tremity Hast thou so crack'd and splitted my poore tongue [etc.]? 1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat i. i. sig. B4^v We sit ingag'd to censure him with all extremitie and rigour. 7. a. A condition of extreme urgency or need; the utmost point of adversity, embarrassment, or suffering. Phrases, to †bring, drive, †put, reduce to (the last) extremity or extremities. †upon an extremity: on an emergency. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > most extreme worstc1275 extremityc1425 extreme fortune1531 exigents1588 fine1596 devil1681 limit1906 the end of the line1948 c1425 T. Hoccleve Min. Poems i. (1892) 208 In swich an houres extremitee. c1542 Udall in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1843) 3 Considre in what extremitee and distresse I am constitute. 1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Serm. Songe Ezechias iv Sometimes thei are brought to such extremitie that onles they digge the earth..they haue not a droppe of water to drinke. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 21 He vsed it vpon an extremity. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 8 A Serpent was the first originall of all his extremities. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 6 A daring Pilot in extremity. a1691 J. Flavell Faithful Narr. Sea-deliv. in Wks. (1701) II. 73 We knew that Mans Extremity is God's Opportunity. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 129 I was not driven to any Extremities for Food. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 165 Florence was reduced to the last extremity. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 95 Driven to extremity. b. (to resist, etc.) to the last extremity: to the death. †to expect the extremity: to be prepared for the worst or for death. ΚΠ 1684 London Gaz. No. 1969/2 The Besieged..seem resolved to expect the Extremity. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 182 Mirabeau wrote prophetically from England, in 1784, ‘..The English tenant would defend his lord to the last extremity.’ 8. A person's last moments; the ‘article of death’. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > point of death's gateOE the gate(s of death1340 lasta1382 (in) the article (formerly also articles) of death1483 death's door1515 the valley of the shadow of death1535 (one's) last gasp1564 death door1601 extremity1602 on one's last legs1614 verge1750 the Great (Continental) Divide1908 1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxvi. 315 Yea, Atheist in Extremeties, thou touchest on his Name. a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1634) 109 At the day of death, at the time of extremity. 1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 51 Many Children sick of this Disease, to whom I could give no Help, being not called till the very Extremity. 1838 G. P. R. James Life & Times Louis XIV III. i. 14 Letters from Mazarin announcing that the King was at extremity. 1863 G. A. Sala Last Crusader 218 Saint Louis..being in extremities..receives extreme unction. 9. An extreme measure; the utmost point of severity or desperation. Chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > utmost point or extreme measure extremity1639 1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat ii. i. sig. D3 Looke therefore for extremities..I will..kill thee As a Serpent swolne with poyson. 1739 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) VIII. 304 If you are determined..to urge me to extremities. 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) xii. 165 In case matters were pushed to the extremity of a civil war. 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) xv. 234 The extremities to which the leaders went against the King. 1890 Sat. Rev. 19 Apr. 483/1 Putting him up as if to be shot, knowing all the while that he could not legally proceed to extremity. 10. The quality of being extreme (in the current senses of the adjective); extremeness. Somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme extremeness1530 parlousness1727 extremity1849 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 555 The extremity of the danger drew Sancroft forth from his palace. 1861 J. Tulloch Eng. Puritanism 99 The very extremity of their views gave them strength. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xvii. 381 This exact description..required by the very extremity of its destruction. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1400
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