ultraadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈʌltrə/, U.S.

/ˈəltrə/

Etymology: Independent use of ultra- prefix, originally as an abbreviation of French ultra-royaliste, and apparently mainly due to Lady Morgan. Compare French ultra, noun (in senses B. 1, A. 2).

A. adj.

1. Ultra-royalist.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [adjective] > extreme royalist

ultra1817

1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. ii. 225 The gradual alteration in tone and manner of the ultra circles, during my residence at Paris, was extremely obvious.

1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 236 The ministry, it is thought, will be ultra.

1819 H. M. Williams Lett. France 195 No sooner did the tidings..reach Nismes, than the Ultra-party seized a pretext for new disturbances.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xv. 93 Monsieur d'A——, a man of much conversational talent, and some celebrity as an ultra writer.

2. Of persons or parties: Holding extreme views in politics or other matters of opinion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > [adjective]

high?1535

Arctic1593

magistral1596

forward1608

confident1611

magisterial1635

pragmatic1638

high-flown1640

affirmative1650

thetical1653

positive1658

pragmatical1660

dogmatical1662

dogmatic1681

unargumentative1722

ultra1820

doctrinaire1834

cocksure1842

doctrinary1846

unevidential1853

Doctrinarian1878

pontificating1922

fundamentalist1928

hardcore1951

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [adjective] > extreme

high?1535

ultra1820

hard right1846

straight1856

extremist1907

extremistic1921

loony1977

1820 H. Matthews Diary of Invalid (ed. 2) 492 Shifting its support as it may find danger from the encroachment of either of the ultra parties of the state.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) IX. 119 The lofty impartiality with which Scott treats the personal character of Buonaparte was of course sure to make all ultra-politicians at home and abroad condemn his representation.

1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 401 The said authority may be supported by a violent ultra-party.

3. Going beyond what is usual or ordinary; excessive, extreme, immoderate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extreme

extreme1512

high-flyinga1586

lavish1693

ultra1818

ultrageous1823

ultraistic1840

attributive.

1818 E. De Beauveau in Lady Morgan Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 213 It will afford me equal pleasure if Lady Morgan should turn into ridicule, and excite to ultra rage, those who are envious of her.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 147 A little wearied by this story, and by the ultra zeal of his countrymen.

1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 487 Bishop Marsh,..whom no one assuredly will suspect of aught but ultra reverence [1834 of hostility] to the Church of England.

pred.1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 122 The term over-dressed does not mean over-clad, but applies to their being ultra in the caricature of fashion.1864 J. R. Lowell Lincoln in Prose Wks. (1890) V. 187 All that he did was sure to be virulently attacked as ultra by one side.1884 R. Jefferies Life of Fields 246 It is so great and ponderous, and ultra in size.

4. Expressive of extreme views.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > extreme or excessive

excessive1555

flaming1609

wanton1680

flaring1820

ultra1827

over-strong1897

1827 W. Scott Let. 26 Apr. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) VII. i. 31 I own I think ultra writing only disgusts people, unless it is in the way of a downright invective.

B. n.

1. An ultra-royalist (in France).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > extreme royalist

ultra1817

1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. ii. 237 The royalists abuse the ultras; the ultras abuse the government; the constitutionalist laugh at both.

1821 T. Moore Mem. (1853) III. 253 Went with Villamil to dine with General Fuller at Versailles; a party of ultras.

1831 in Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) I. 475 I remember a deputy, a good ultra too, once saying..that Charles X was losing the confidence and affection of his people.

1864 Month 1 357 She [Madame Récamier] equally welcomed ultras and liberals.

2. One who holds extreme opinions, particularly in religion or politics.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > [noun] > person holding

dogmatizer1600

dogmatic1650

dogmatist1654

ultra1823

doctrinaire1831

Doctrinarian1836

mad mullah1838

doctrinist1840

ultraist1842

stalwart1899

fundamentalist1913

pontificator1934

Islamicist1963

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > extremism > extremist

highboy1648

ultra1823

ultraist1842

extremist1846

1823 H. More Let. in R. B. Johnson Lett. Hannah More (1925) 201 My friend F. is an ultra of the first magnitude. The poor must not only read English, but ancient history, and even the sciences are to be laid open to them.

1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 20 Jan. (1939) 74 Making mutual concessions and balancing the constitution against the ultras of both parties.

1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 25 273 It must therefore stigmatize every man who..acts upon principle as an Ultra and a person of extreme opinions.

1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. 391 To the last he was considered by the ultras as timid and intellectually weak.

1884 American 9 69 The ultras of their own party denounce the Ministry as having betrayed their friends.

3. One who goes to the extreme of fashion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > following of fashion > follower of fashion > extreme

ultra1819

1819 F. MacDonogh Hermit in London I. 55 Bad horsemen and pedestrian women, ultras in conceit and in dress.

1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 11 Even the parson dined at five, and he was the village ultra in points of fashion and etiquette.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxiv. 119 Cards are ceremoniously left, and rules of precedence..punctiliously insisted on by some of our ultras.

Draft additions 1993

4. A long-distance run of great length, spec. one longer than a marathon. Cf. ultra-marathon n. at ultra- prefix 4b. colloquial (originally U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > racing specific distance

dash1836

middle distance1885

marathon1896

miling1913

four-minute mile1955

ultra1977

ultra-running1978

ultra-run1986

1977 Washington Post 28 July d9/4 Nowadays the most popular ultra is the 50-mile... With a distance nearly double the marathon, it scares most runners from ever attempting it.

1986 Marathon & Distance Runner June 54/2 Mick had been forced to quit the Brighton at 32 miles but he was determined to have another crack at the ultras.

1987 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Jan. (Great Outdoors Suppl.) 8/3 The seven days of walks and talks, jogs and hard runs, with an optional ‘ultra’ over 60 kilometres..will be held from March 22.

1990 USA Today 7 June 12 c For the average runner, it's not as hard to complete an ultra as it is to complete a good marathon.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ultraprep.

Brit.

/ˈʌltrə/, U.S.

/ˈəltrə/

Etymology: < Latin ultrā beyond. Compare French ultra, Portuguese ultra, Italian oltre.

1. In the phrase ultra vires

/ˈvaɪəriːz/, beyond the powers or legal authority (of a person, etc.; also used with ellipse of for).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > improperly [phrase] > by allowance, not by right > outside one's customary rights > beyond one's powers or authority

ultra vires1793

1793 Earl of Dundonald Descr. Estate Culross 59 This has proved, and must always prove, ultra vires of any one individual.

1806 G. Hutcheson Treat. Justice of Peace, etc. II. 564 (note) This judgment has been appealed from, as ultra vires, as far as regards the directions for building the cruive dike.

1884 Law Times 78 116/1 It was not ultra vires the directors to advance money on such security.

2. Lying beyond. (Cf. ultra- prefix 1c.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclusiveness [preposition] > beyond the range of

within, beyond (one's) scope1789

ultra1876

1876 Law Times Rep. 34 697/2 Here she was asked to do something which was no part of her service..it being something ultra her service to go to the kitchen.

1883 Church Times 21 939/2 As the human eye is sensible only of impressions of light ranging from red to violet, it follows that we cannot be conscious of any hue ultra either of these.

3. In the Latin phrase ultra crepidam /ˈkrɛpɪdæm/ [see ultra-crepidarian adj. and n.] , on matters beyond one's knowledge.

ΚΠ

1883 G. M. Hopkins Further Lett. (1956) 332 Pope was the great master of metre of his day,..but..he was nothing ultra crepidam.

1895 Econ. Jrnl. 5 589 Meeker than the ancient master, he has refrained from breaking out against the criticisms which have been ultra crepidam.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ultra
释义	ultraadj.n. Brit. /ˈʌltrə/, U.S. /ˈəltrə/ Etymology: Independent use of ultra- prefix, originally as an abbreviation of French ultra-royaliste, and apparently mainly due to Lady Morgan. Compare French ultra, noun (in senses B. 1, A. 2). A. adj. 1. Ultra-royalist. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [adjective] > extreme royalist ultra1817 1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. ii. 225 The gradual alteration in tone and manner of the ultra circles, during my residence at Paris, was extremely obvious. 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 236 The ministry, it is thought, will be ultra. 1819 H. M. Williams Lett. France 195 No sooner did the tidings..reach Nismes, than the Ultra-party seized a pretext for new disturbances. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xv. 93 Monsieur d'A——, a man of much conversational talent, and some celebrity as an ultra writer. 2. Of persons or parties: Holding extreme views in politics or other matters of opinion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > [adjective] high?1535 Arctic1593 magistral1596 forward1608 confident1611 magisterial1635 pragmatic1638 high-flown1640 affirmative1650 thetical1653 positive1658 pragmatical1660 dogmatical1662 dogmatic1681 unargumentative1722 ultra1820 doctrinaire1834 cocksure1842 doctrinary1846 unevidential1853 Doctrinarian1878 pontificating1922 fundamentalist1928 hardcore1951 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [adjective] > extreme high?1535 ultra1820 hard right1846 straight1856 extremist1907 extremistic1921 loony1977 1820 H. Matthews Diary of Invalid (ed. 2) 492 Shifting its support as it may find danger from the encroachment of either of the ultra parties of the state. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) IX. 119 The lofty impartiality with which Scott treats the personal character of Buonaparte was of course sure to make all ultra-politicians at home and abroad condemn his representation. 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia 401 The said authority may be supported by a violent ultra-party. 3. Going beyond what is usual or ordinary; excessive, extreme, immoderate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extreme extreme1512 high-flyinga1586 lavish1693 ultra1818 ultrageous1823 ultraistic1840 attributive. 1818 E. De Beauveau in Lady Morgan Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 213 It will afford me equal pleasure if Lady Morgan should turn into ridicule, and excite to ultra rage, those who are envious of her. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 147 A little wearied by this story, and by the ultra zeal of his countrymen. 1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 487 Bishop Marsh,..whom no one assuredly will suspect of aught but ultra reverence [1834 of hostility] to the Church of England. pred.1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 122 The term over-dressed does not mean over-clad, but applies to their being ultra in the caricature of fashion.1864 J. R. Lowell Lincoln in Prose Wks. (1890) V. 187 All that he did was sure to be virulently attacked as ultra by one side.1884 R. Jefferies Life of Fields 246 It is so great and ponderous, and ultra in size. 4. Expressive of extreme views. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > extreme or excessive excessive1555 flaming1609 wanton1680 flaring1820 ultra1827 over-strong1897 1827 W. Scott Let. 26 Apr. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) VII. i. 31 I own I think ultra writing only disgusts people, unless it is in the way of a downright invective. B. n. 1. An ultra-royalist (in France). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > French politics > [noun] > extreme royalist ultra1817 1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. ii. 237 The royalists abuse the ultras; the ultras abuse the government; the constitutionalist laugh at both. 1821 T. Moore Mem. (1853) III. 253 Went with Villamil to dine with General Fuller at Versailles; a party of ultras. 1831 in Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) I. 475 I remember a deputy, a good ultra too, once saying..that Charles X was losing the confidence and affection of his people. 1864 Month 1 357 She [Madame Récamier] equally welcomed ultras and liberals. 2. One who holds extreme opinions, particularly in religion or politics. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > [noun] > person holding dogmatizer1600 dogmatic1650 dogmatist1654 ultra1823 doctrinaire1831 Doctrinarian1836 mad mullah1838 doctrinist1840 ultraist1842 stalwart1899 fundamentalist1913 pontificator1934 Islamicist1963 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > extremism > extremist highboy1648 ultra1823 ultraist1842 extremist1846 1823 H. More Let. in R. B. Johnson Lett. Hannah More (1925) 201 My friend F. is an ultra of the first magnitude. The poor must not only read English, but ancient history, and even the sciences are to be laid open to them. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 20 Jan. (1939) 74 Making mutual concessions and balancing the constitution against the ultras of both parties. 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 25 273 It must therefore stigmatize every man who..acts upon principle as an Ultra and a person of extreme opinions. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. 391 To the last he was considered by the ultras as timid and intellectually weak. 1884 American 9 69 The ultras of their own party denounce the Ministry as having betrayed their friends. 3. One who goes to the extreme of fashion. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > following of fashion > follower of fashion > extreme ultra1819 1819 F. MacDonogh Hermit in London I. 55 Bad horsemen and pedestrian women, ultras in conceit and in dress. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 11 Even the parson dined at five, and he was the village ultra in points of fashion and etiquette. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxiv. 119 Cards are ceremoniously left, and rules of precedence..punctiliously insisted on by some of our ultras. Draft additions 1993 4. A long-distance run of great length, spec. one longer than a marathon. Cf. ultra-marathon n. at ultra- prefix 4b. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > racing specific distance dash1836 middle distance1885 marathon1896 miling1913 four-minute mile1955 ultra1977 ultra-running1978 ultra-run1986 1977 Washington Post 28 July d9/4 Nowadays the most popular ultra is the 50-mile... With a distance nearly double the marathon, it scares most runners from ever attempting it. 1986 Marathon & Distance Runner June 54/2 Mick had been forced to quit the Brighton at 32 miles but he was determined to have another crack at the ultras. 1987 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Jan. (Great Outdoors Suppl.) 8/3 The seven days of walks and talks, jogs and hard runs, with an optional ‘ultra’ over 60 kilometres..will be held from March 22. 1990 USA Today 7 June 12 c For the average runner, it's not as hard to complete an ultra as it is to complete a good marathon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ultraprep. Brit. /ˈʌltrə/, U.S. /ˈəltrə/ Etymology: < Latin ultrā beyond. Compare French ultra, Portuguese ultra, Italian oltre. 1. In the phrase ultra vires /ˈvaɪəriːz/, beyond the powers or legal authority (of a person, etc.; also used with ellipse of for). ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > improperly [phrase] > by allowance, not by right > outside one's customary rights > beyond one's powers or authority ultra vires1793 1793 Earl of Dundonald Descr. Estate Culross 59 This has proved, and must always prove, ultra vires of any one individual. 1806 G. Hutcheson Treat. Justice of Peace, etc. II. 564 (note) This judgment has been appealed from, as ultra vires, as far as regards the directions for building the cruive dike. 1884 Law Times 78 116/1 It was not ultra vires the directors to advance money on such security. 2. Lying beyond. (Cf. ultra- prefix 1c.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclusiveness [preposition] > beyond the range of within, beyond (one's) scope1789 ultra1876 1876 Law Times Rep. 34 697/2 Here she was asked to do something which was no part of her service..it being something ultra her service to go to the kitchen. 1883 Church Times 21 939/2 As the human eye is sensible only of impressions of light ranging from red to violet, it follows that we cannot be conscious of any hue ultra either of these. 3. In the Latin phrase ultra crepidam /ˈkrɛpɪdæm/ [see ultra-crepidarian adj. and n.] , on matters beyond one's knowledge. ΚΠ 1883 G. M. Hopkins Further Lett. (1956) 332 Pope was the great master of metre of his day,..but..he was nothing ultra crepidam. 1895 Econ. Jrnl. 5 589 Meeker than the ancient master, he has refrained from breaking out against the criticisms which have been ultra crepidam. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : ultra-prefix < adj.n.1817prep.1793 see also
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ultraadj.n.

Draft additions 1993

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