ultra-prefix

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Etymology: < Latin ultrā beyond, employed as a prefix in the post-classical ultrāmundānus ultramundane, and the later ultrāmarīnus ultramarine, and ultrāmontānus ultramontane. On these models are formed the types illustrated in senses 1, 2 The further development represented by sense 3 apparently originated in French with the terms ultra-révolutionnaire and ultra-royaliste, and has become very prolific in English use, as well as in the Romanic languages and in German, Swedish, and Danish.

1. Signifying ‘lying spatially beyond or on the other side of’:

a. With nouns, as ultraequinoctials (plural), those who live beyond the equinox.

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1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Giii^v For (as there Cronicles testifie) before our arriuall ther they neuer harde any thinge of vs, whome they call the vltraequinoctialles.

b. With adjectives, as ultra-Gangetic, ultra-Martian, ultra-median, ultra-stellar, ultra-terrene, ultra-terrestrial, ultra-zodiacal.Also ultra-galactic, ultra-tropical. (In dictionaries).

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1833 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 197 The..hypothesis of Olbers respecting the formation of the four ultra-zodiacal planets.

1836 J. F. Davis Chinese I. iii. 81 The usual cautious and exclusive spirit of the ultra-gangetic nations.

1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 288 Homer had conceived the existence of what we may call ultra-terrene parts, both westwards and eastwards.

1860 D. Olmsted Mech. Heavens 271 The Asteroids, or Ultra-Zodiacal Planets.

1902 Proc. Zool. Soc. 115 On the hind wing the ultramedian blue band is replaced by a narrow line.

1905 Athenæum 11 Mar. 312/3 [A rotation] longer than that of any of the great ultra-Martian planets.

1906 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 2nd vi. v. 276 Is it where sky-fires flame and flit, Or solar craters spew and spit, Or ultra-stellar night-webs knit?

c. ultra-red, A former name for infra-red adj. and n. (So French ultra-rouge; cf. ultraviolet adj. and n.)

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1870 J. Tyndall Heat (ed. 4) xiii. §612. 439 The failure..proved the invisible rays to be exclusively ultra-red.

1875 tr. H. W. Vogel Chem. Light & Photogr. vii. 60 We name the invisible tones of colour above violet ultra-violet, and those beyond red ultra-red.

a. With adjectives, signifying ‘going beyond, surpassing, or transcending the limits of’ (the specified concept).Also ultra-atomic, ultra-gaseous, ultra-material. (In dictionaries.)

ultra-human adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈhjuːmən/

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/ˌəltrəˈ(h)jumən/

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a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 185 All other super or ultra-human beings.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 99 The intellectual refinements of an ultra-human spiritualism.

1883 R. Jefferies Story Heart 63 All things being ultra-human and without design.

ultra-natural n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈnatʃ(ə)rəl/

/ˌʌltrəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩/

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/ˌəltrəˈnætʃ(ə)rəl/

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1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 442 The ultra-natural sublimity of the legendary characters disappears.

ultra-pecuniary n.

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/ˌʌltrəpᵻˈkjuːn(jə)ri/

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/ˌəltrəpəˈkjuniˌɛri/

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1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. v. 138 Suppose the punishment ultra-pecuniary: suppose man's life at stake.

ultra-phenomenal adj.

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/ˌʌltrəfᵻˈnɒmᵻnl/

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/ˌəltrəfəˈnɑmən(ə)l/

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1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 503 The word Existence, as they understood it, did not mean phænomenal, but ultra-phænomenal existence.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. ii. 97 The real, absolute, ontological, ultra-phenomenal, or Noumenal world.

ultra-physical adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈfɪzᵻkl/

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/ˌəltrəˈfɪzək(ə)l/

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1883 J. Parker Tyne Chylde 152 Is it possible..to return to the meridian of absolute neutrality as regards ultraphysical questions?

ultra-rational adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩(ə)l/

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃən(ə)l/

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/ˌəltrəˈræʃ(ə)nəl/

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1894 B. Kidd Social Evol. vii. 184 That ultra-rational system of ethics upon which our civilisation is founded.

ultra-scientific adj.

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/ˌʌltrəsʌɪənˈtɪfɪk/

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/ˌəltrəˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/

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1895 Educational Rev. Sept. 117 Science itself not unfrequently derives motive power from an ultra-scientific source.

ultra-sensational adj.

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/ˌʌltrəs(ɛ)nˈseɪʃn̩(ə)l/

/ˌʌltrəs(ɛ)nˈseɪʃən(ə)l/

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/ˌəltrəˌsɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)nəl/

/ˌəltrəsənˈseɪʃ(ə)nəl/

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1851 H. L. Mansel Prolegomena Logica i. 17 It would not be difficult to shew that the ultra-sensational philosophy is that which could most easily dispense with the necessity of introducing language at all.

ultra-sensible adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈsɛnsᵻbl/

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/ˌəltrəˈsɛnsəb(ə)l/

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1882 J. Tyndall in Longman's Mag. 1 35 There is..boldness..in the attempt to make these ultra-sensible actions generally intelligible.

ultra-sensual adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈsɛnsjʊəl/

/ˌʌltrəˈsɛnsjᵿl/

/ˌʌltrəˈsɛnʃʊəl/

/ˌʌltrəˈsɛnʃ(ᵿ)l/

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/ˌəltrəˈsɛn(t)ʃəwəl/

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1833 T. Carlyle Jrnl. 28 Oct. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. xvi. 372 The ultra-sensual surrounds the sensual and gives it meaning.

c. In the sense of ‘exceeding in respect of quantity or number’, as ultra-centenarianism (of human life), ultra-dimidiate, ultra-total.

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1847 W. Hamilton Let. to De Morgan 43 If the one extreme coincide with the middle, to the extent of a half (dimidiate quantification); and the other, to the extent of aught more than a half, (ultradimidiate quantification).

1847 W. Hamilton Let. to De Morgan 41 In regard to the ultratotal quantification of the middle term.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic viii. 251 This notation can represent equally total and ultratotal distribution.

1879 W. J. Thoms Longevity p. xxvi A very large number of cases of alleged ultra-Centenarianism.

d. With nouns in this sense, as ultrafiltration n., ultramicroscope n., etc.

a. Signifying an excessive or extreme degree of the quality or condition expressed by the adjective forming the second element of the compound. First in ultra-fashionable, -revolutionary, but in very common, and steadily-increasing, use from about 1830. Only a few of the earlier or more important examples are given here. The distinction from sense 2 is not always quite clear.

ultra-affected adj.

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/ˌʌltrəəˈfɛktᵻd/

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/ˌəltrəəˈfɛktəd/

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1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 234 The ultra-affected D-s-y gave us a drop in for a few minutes.

ultra-Anglican adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈaŋɡlᵻk(ə)n/

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/ˌəltrəˈæŋɡlək(ə)n/

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1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 508 [Bishop Marsh] peculiarly affects an ultra-Anglican orthodoxy.

1866 Church Times 27 Jan. The narrow and intolerant spirit of the ultra-Anglican School.

ultra-Arctic adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈɑːktɪk/

/ˌʌltrəˈɑːtɪk/

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/ˌəltrəˈɑrktɪk/

/ˌəltrəˈɑrdɪk/

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1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xx. 205 The ability of Europeans or Americans to inure themselves to an ultra-Arctic climate.

ultra-believing n.

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/ˌʌltrəbᵻˈliːvɪŋ/

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/ˌəltrəbəˈlivɪŋ/

/ˌəltrəbiˈlivɪŋ/

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1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More I. 259 The unbelieving clergy are better than the ultra-believing in this respect.

ultra-beloved adj.

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/ˌʌltrəbᵻˈlʌvd/

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/ˌəltrəbəˈləvd/

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1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (London ed.) 183 Everybody so dear, and yourself so ultra-beloved.

ultra-benevolent n.

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/ˌʌltrəbᵻˈnɛvələnt/

/ˌʌltrəbᵻˈnɛvəln̩t/

/ˌʌltrəbᵻˈnɛvl̩(ə)nt/

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/ˌəltrəbəˈnɛvələnt/

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1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. vii. 263 The patrons of this theory are ultra-benevolents towards the transgressors of law.

ultra-bourgeois adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈbʊəʒwɑː/

/ˌʌltrəˈbɔːʒwɑː/

/ˌʌltrəbʊəˈʒwɑː/

/ˌʌltrəbɔːˈʒwɑː/

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/ˌəltrəˌbʊrˈʒwɑ/

/ˌəltrəˈbʊrˌʒwɑ/

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1934 G. B. Shaw On the Rocks (new ed.) Pref., in Too True to be Good 161 Even Lenin and his colleagues, all ultra-bourgeois (otherwise they would never have so absurdly overestimated the intellectual resources of the proletariat [etc.]).

ultra-Catholic adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈkaθ(ə)lɪk/

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/ˌəltrəˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/

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1830 J. S. Mill Let. 20 Aug. in Victorian Stud. (1957) 1 143 Three were printers of an ultra-Catholic and royalist journal.

1930 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island Pref., in Wks. XI. 71 The ubiquitous sodalities of that new ultra-Catholic Church called Socialism.

ultra-cautious adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈkɔːʃəs/

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/ˌəltrəˈkɔʃəs/

/ˌəltrəˈkɑʃəs/

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1946 Mind 55 141 To suppose that no improvement can be effected by so doing is an ultracautious and conservative position.

ultra-civilized adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈsɪvᵻlʌɪzd/

/ˌʌltrəˈsɪvl̩ʌɪzd/

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/ˌəltrəˈsɪvəˌlaɪzd/

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1842 E. A. Poe in Graham's Mag. Feb. 125/2 Hugh has grown to a stalwart man—the type of man the animal, as his father is of man the ultra-civilized.

1931 E. Blunden Votive Tablets 170 Byron..with his ultra-civilised fraternisation with the gentlemen.

ultra-clean adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈkliːn/

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/ˌəltrəˈklin/

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1970 Sci. Jrnl. Apr. 42 Cleaning these parts is a major branch of ultraclean technology involving the application of special solvents, the use of ‘sonication’—ultrasonic vibration—to jar the dirt loose,..and many other highly specialized procedures.

ultra-clear adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈklɪə/

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/ˌəltrəˈklɪ(ə)r/

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1907 W. James in Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 4 295 Your letter is so ultraclear.

ultra-clerical adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈklɛrᵻkl/

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/ˌəltrəˈklɛrək(ə)l/

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1938 New Statesman 23 July 162/1 Maria-Cristina's ultra~clerical court.

ultra-concomitant adj.

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/ˌʌltrəkənˈkɒmᵻt(ə)nt/

/ˌʌltrəkəŋˈkɒmᵻt(ə)nt/

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/ˌəltrəkənˈkɑmədənt/

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1816 J. Bentham Extract Constit. Code: Official Aptitude Maximized 11 Repugnant to these same principles is all ultra-concomitant remuneration.

ultra-conservative adj.

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/ˌʌltrəkənˈsəːvətɪv/

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/ˌəltrəkənˈsərvədɪv/

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1868 A. K. H. Boyd Lessons Middle Age 106 Excellent men, ultra-conservative in all things.

ultra-cosmopolitan adj.

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/ˌʌltrəkɒzməˈpɒlᵻt(ə)n/

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/ˌəltrəˌkɑzməˈpɑlətn/

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1870 B. Disraeli Lothair I. viii. 69 Theodora is..ultra-cosmopolitan and has invented a new religion.

ultra-critical adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈkrɪtᵻkl/

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/ˌəltrəˈkrɪdək(ə)l/

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1907 W. James Pragmatism v. 192 Common science or corpuscular philosophy, ultra-critical science..or idealistic philosophy, all seem insufficiently true.

ultra-democratic adj.

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/ˌʌltrədɛməˈkratɪk/

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/ˌəltrəˌdɛməˈkrædɪk/

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1838 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 33 I am fast becoming ultra-democratic.

1861 G. M. Musgrave By-roads in Picardy 323 Owing to ultra-democratic feeling and low radicalism.

ultra-episcopal adj.

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/ˌʌltrəᵻˈpɪskəpl/

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/ˌəltrəəˈpɪskəp(ə)l/

/ˌəltrəiˈpɪskəp(ə)l/

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1841 F. E. Paget Tales of Village 2nd Ser. x. 197 There is more than one society, which..has already assumed (if I may coin such a word) ultra-episcopal functions.

ultra-evangelical adj.

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/ˌʌltrəiːvanˈdʒɛlᵻkl/

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/ˌəltrəˌiˌvænˈdʒɛlək(ə)l/

/ˌəltrəˌɛvənˈdʒɛlək(ə)l/

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1831 Eclectic Rev. Apr. 307 A fearless and uncompromising asserter of..ultra-evangelical doctrines.

ultra-fashionable adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈfaʃ(ə)nəbl/

/ˌʌltrəˈfaʃn̩əbl/

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/ˌəltrəˈfæʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/

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1802 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1803) 6 91 No female, in the dress of the ultra-fashionable, can be seen in the streets with the smallest regard to decency.

1829 T. Hook Bank to Barnes 146 The forthcoming novel has long kept the ultra fashionables on the tiptoe of expectation.

1841 W. M. Thackeray Men & Coats in Wks. (1900) XIII. 369 A person who sports an ultra-fashionable costume.

1868Ultra-federalist [see ultra-conservative adj.].

ultra-fast adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈfɑːst/

/ˌʌltrəˈfast/

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/ˌəltrəˈfæst/

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1939 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Jan. 2/6 Ultrafast American two-engined light bombers, capable of being used for combat after they have dropped their bomb loads.

1977 J. Hedgecoe Photographer's Handbk. 41 Ultra-fast films are most useful for working in dim existing-light conditions.

ultra-feminine adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈfɛmᵻnᵻn/

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/ˌəltrəˈfɛmənən/

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1964 N.Y. Post 21 Oct. 18/2 (advt.) Elegant long gowns..slinky slim~lines and ultra-feminine bouffants.

1976 Time 27 Sept. 94/2 Melba Till Allen owes much of her success at the polls to her charming, ultrafeminine manner.

ultra-feudal adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈfjuːdl/

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/ˌəltrəˈfjud(ə)l/

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1859 All Year Round 10 Dec. 150 Its combination of the ultra-feudal with the ultra-modern.

ultra-Gallican adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈɡalᵻk(ə)n/

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/ˌəltrəˈɡæləkən/

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1842 T. De Quincey Mod. Greece in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 130/2 The Italian, in many features of Gallic insensibility, will be found ultra-Gallican.

ultra-generous adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs/

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/ˌəltrəˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs/

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1903 W. James Let. 8 Apr. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 375 Your review..was as usual ultra-generous, and I thank you for it.

ultra-German adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈdʒəːmən/

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/ˌəltrəˈdʒərmən/

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1837 E. A. Poe in Amer. Monthly Mag. June 566 Young men..alive with an exaggerated sense of honour. They abound in the most ultra German opinions respecting the duello.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. iii. §7 The ultra-German and ontological character of his philosophy.

1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art (1850) 107 What may be called the ultra German style.

ultra-honourable adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈɒn(ə)rəbl/

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/ˌəltrəˈɑn(ə)rəb(ə)l/

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1866 Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve II. ix. 190 He was given to be ultra honourable, and to maintain silence in such a case.

ultra-intellectual adj.

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/ˌʌltrəɪntᵻˈlɛktjʊəl/

/ˌʌltrəɪntᵻˈlɛktjᵿl/

/ˌʌltrəɪntᵻˈlɛktʃʊəl/

/ˌʌltrəɪntᵻˈlɛktʃ(ᵿ)l/

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/ˌəltrəˌɪn(t)əˈlɛk(t)ʃ(əw)əl/

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1927 T. S. Eliot in Seneca's Tenne Trag. p. xliii It is assumed..that Shakespeare had acquired some extra- or ultra-intellectual knowledge superior to a philosophy.

ultra-left adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈlɛft/

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/ˌəltrəˈlɛft/

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1971 New Scientist 30 Sept. 740/2 The ultra~left found its voice by protesting against the new Tokyo international airport.

1977 P. Johnson Enemies of Society xviii. 240 Ulrika Meinhof..became the ideological leader of the German Baader-Meinhof gang of ultra-Left terrorists.

ultra-leftist adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈlɛftɪst/

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/ˌəltrəˈlɛftəst/

ultra-liberal adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈlɪb(ə)rəl/

/ˌʌltrəˈlɪb(ə)rl̩/

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/ˌəltrəˈlɪb(ə)rəl/

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1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. iv. 117 The most frank-hearted and ultra-liberal lass that had ever lived.

1856 ‘G. Eliot’ in Westm. Rev. Jan. 20 Börne..was a remarkable political writer of the ultra-liberal party in Germany.

ultra-logical adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/

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/ˌəltrəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/

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1881 Times 3 Jan. 9/4 One of the most notorious consequences of this ultra-logical mode of conducting affairs is the instability of French Ministries.

ultra-loyal adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈlɔɪəl/

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/ˌəltrəˈlɔɪ(ə)l/

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1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. (1863) I. iii. 144 A joint address was agreed upon by both Houses,—ultra-loyal, according to the fashion of the time.

ultra-maternal adj.

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/ˌʌltrəməˈtəːnl/

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/ˌəltrəməˈtərn(ə)l/

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1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxvi. 226 Who does not know how ultra-maternal grandmothers are?

ultra-militant adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈmɪlᵻt(ə)nt/

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/ˌəltrəˈmɪlətnt/

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1970 Times 11 Mar. 6 A new, ultra~militant shopkeepers' organization, known as the ‘Tour du Pin Movement’.

ultra-miniature adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈmɪnᵻtʃə/

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/ˌəltrəˈmɪn(i)əˌtʃʊ(ə)r/

/ˌəltrəˈmɪn(i)ətʃər/

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1968 Sci. News 7 Dec. 573 An ultra~miniature vacuum pump..will be worn directly under the astronaut's chin.

ultra-miniaturized adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈmɪnᵻtʃərʌɪzd/

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/ˌəltrəˈmɪn(i)ətʃəˌraɪzd/

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1968 World Book Sci. Ann. 1968 215 Using a multitude of ICs, ultraminiaturized, working in parallel, together with functional circuits, he may build electronic devices tomorrow that seem like impossible dreams even today.

ultra-moderate adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈmɒd(ə)rət/

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/ˌəltrəˈmɑd(ə)rət/

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1840 Earl of Aberdeen in Charteris Life Jas. Robertson (1863) v. 112 It will only be approved of by the old ultra-moderate party.

ultra-modern adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈmɒdn/

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/ˌəltrəˈmɑdərn/

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1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 296/2 The followers of the ultra-modern school.

ultra-mulish adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈmjuːlɪʃ/

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/ˌəltrəˈmjulɪʃ/

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1830 Fraser's Mag. 2 598 His ultramulish obstinacy in persisting.

ultra-national adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩(ə)l/

/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃ(ə)n(ə)l/

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/ˌəltrəˈnæʃən(ə)l/

/ˌəltrəˈnæʃn(ə)l/

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a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) I. xii. 171 They spread into divers circles, domestic,..national, ultra-national, universal.

1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. lvi. 417 He would embitter Himself..with..the ultra-national party.

ultra-nationalist adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩əlɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩l̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃənl̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃ(ə)nəlɪst/

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/ˌəltrəˈnæʃ(ə)nələst/

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1927 H. Dobbs in Lett. Gertrude Bell II. 555 It had indeed alarmed the ultra-nationalist party to find a section of the British press averse from the extension of the alliance.

1977 Time 27 June 22/3 Some are concerned about Israeli intransigence and afraid that the new ultranationalist Premier-designate, Menachem Begin..may make a settlement all the harder to achieve.

ultra-nationalistic adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrənaʃnəˈlɪstɪk/

/ˌʌltrənaʃn̩lˈɪstɪk/

/ˌʌltrənaʃənlˈɪstɪk/

/ˌʌltrənaʃ(ə)nəˈlɪstɪk/

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/ˌəltrəˌnæʃ(ə)nəˈlɪstɪk/

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1974 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 Oct. 5/1 The Chinese call the Amur the Black Dragon River, and the Japanese named one of their most ultranationalistic societies after it in the days when they were itching to go to war with Russia.

ultra-ornate adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəɔːˈneɪt/

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/ˌəltrəˌɔrˈneɪt/

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1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 60 He will see nothing but an ultra-ornate service of the most decorous kind.

ultra-orthodox adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈɔːθədɒks/

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/ˌəltrəˈɔrθəˌdɑks/

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1830 E. B. Pusey Hist. Enq. ii. 327 It is not clear from this extract whether he is immediately speaking of ultra-orthodox or fanatic opponents.

ultra-patriotic adj.

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/ˌʌltrəpatrɪˈɒtɪk/

/ˌʌltrəpeɪtrɪˈɒtɪk/

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/ˌəltrəˌpeɪtriˈɑdɪk/

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1801 W. Dupré Lexicographia-neologica Gallica 283 Some ultra-patriotic writers and journalists have likened Bonaparte to the conquerors who plundered Greece.

1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. 159 Proud and ultra-patriotic Gods.

ultra-Pecksniffian adj.

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/ˌʌltrəpɛkˈsnɪfɪən/

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/ˌəltrəˌpɛkˈsnɪfiən/

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1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 376/1 The ultra-Pecksniffian taste displayed in the portico.

ultra-popish adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈpəʊpɪʃ/

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/ˌəltrəˈpoʊpɪʃ/

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1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain III. i. 5 Several of the ultra-popish bishops, then resident in Madrid, had denounced the Bible.

ultra-professional adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəprəˈfɛʃn̩(ə)l/

/ˌʌltrəprəˈfɛʃən(ə)l/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəprəˈfɛʃ(ə)nəl/

/ˌəltrəˌproʊˈfɛʃ(ə)nəl/

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1928 E. O'Neill Strange Interlude iv. 147 In his ultra-professional manner—like an automation of a doctor.

ultra-Protestant adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈprɒtᵻst(ə)nt/

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/ˌəltrəˈprɑdəst(ə)nt/

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1841 A. P. de Lisle in E. S. Purcell Life & Lett. A. P. de Lisle (1900) I. vi. 108 The Ultra Protestant Parsons are quite beside themselves, they rave like maniacs.

1846 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (ed. 5) 853 Some ultra-protestant sects..have irreverently used sitting as the posture of receiving the Lord's Supper.

ultra-prudent adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈpruːd(ə)nt/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈprudnt/

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1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. (1876) 343 Lady Mary herself had an ultra-prudent sympathy with her husband.

ultra-pure adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈpjʊə/

/ˌʌltrəˈpjɔː/

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/ˌəltrəˈpjʊ(ə)r/

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1961 New Scientist 26 Oct. 237/2 Ultra-pure or conductivity water was, until a few years ago, a substance made in small quantities by multiple distillation..mainly for use in research laboratories.

1973 Nature 13 Apr. 482/3 The preparation, handling containment and analysis of ultrapure materials.

ultra-radical adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈradᵻkl/

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/ˌəltrəˈrædək(ə)l/

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1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 17 Prating there of commerce, public faith, Economy,..And other topics, ultra-radical.

1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors II. xxxviii. 18 There were a few ultra-radical members still not satisfied.

ultra-rapid adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈrapɪd/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈræpəd/

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1921 Sci. Amer. 9 Apr. 288 Diagram of the multiple prism ring used for the ultra-rapid camera.

1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 445/1 The Boeing has three baggage/cargo compartments. Two, fully containerised for ultra~rapid ground handling.

ultra-rationalist adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩əlɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩l̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃənl̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃ(ə)nəlɪst/

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/ˌəltrəˈræʃənl̩əst/

/ˌəltrəˈræʃnələst/

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1907 W. James Pragmatism iii. 123 A mere mess of anarchy and confusion..will pragmatism often seem to ultra-rationalist minds in philosophy.

ultra-refined adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrərᵻˈfʌɪnd/

U.S.

/ˌəltrərəˈfaɪnd/

/ˌəltrəriˈfaɪnd/

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1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 198 Music and poetry were as much in request..in those days as they are now among the most ultra-refined circles.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 369 An ultra-refined aristocrat.

ultra-religious adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrərᵻˈlɪdʒəs/

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/ˌəltrərəˈlɪdʒəs/

/ˌəltrəriˈlɪdʒəs/

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1831 T. Carlyle Let. 22 Aug. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1976) V. 352 They were all prophetical, Toryish, ultra-religious.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lix. 389 His decorous private life and ultra-religious habits.

ultra-respectable adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrərᵻˈspɛktəbl/

U.S.

/ˌəltrərəˈspɛktəb(ə)l/

/ˌəltrəriˈspɛktəb(ə)l/

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1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. i. 152 Older and more conservative families who constituted the ultra-respectable element of the city.

1958 People 4 May 2/3 The workers have captured even the ultra-respectable Royal Academy this year.

ultra-revolutionary adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrərɛvəˈl(j)uːʃn̩(ə)ri/

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/ˌəltrəˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri/

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1793 H. M. Williams Lett. France (1795) II. 13 He had sufficient address to lead them to make some extravagant proposition, which he denominated ultra-revolutionary, and for which he sent them to the scaffold.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 370/2 Robespierre..accordingly..took an early occasion to associate the ultra-revolutionary party with the foreign enemies of the republic.

1974 tr. W. F. Wertheim Evol. & Revol. i. 47 The ultra~revolutionary Red Guards in turbulent China,..the dissatisfied students in France or the rebellious young Negroes in the United States—all of them are..rebelling against the status quo.

ultra-rightist adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈrʌɪtɪst/

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/ˌəltrəˈraɪdᵻst/

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1974 Ann. Reg. 1973 313 Whereas previously most criticism had accused him of being ultra-leftist, the media now argued that most of his faults were in fact ultra-rightist.

ultra-romantic adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrərə(ʊ)ˈmantɪk/

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/ˌəltrəˌroʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/

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1846 E. A. Poe in Godey's Lady's Bk. Mar. 135/1 As a drama, we find ‘Elfrida’ faulty in the extreme. Its situations are ultra-romantic, or improbable.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 May 385/1 Young Browning in his period of ultra-romantic chaos.

ultra-sentimental adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəsɛntᵻˈmɛntl/

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/ˌəltrəˌsɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)l/

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1926 E. O'Neill Great God Brown Prologue 11 The sound of the school quartet rendering ‘Sweet Adeline’ with many ultra-sentimental barber-shop quavers.

ultra-servile adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈsəːvʌɪl/

/ˌʌltrəˈsəːvɪl/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈsərvəl/

/ˌəltrəˈsərˌvaɪl/

ΚΠ

1823 J. Bentham Mem. & Corr. in Wks. (1843) X. 536 Then came the servile poet and novelist, Sir Walter Scott: and then the ultra-servile sack guzzler, Southey.

ultra-smart adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈsmɑːt/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈsmɑrt/

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1904 N.Y. World Mag. 1 May 6/1 She is likewise one of the prettiest girls in society, and ultra-smart.

1939 O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 74 Ultra-smart householders who reacted instantaneously to every change of fashion.

ultra-spartan adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈspɑːtn/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈspɑrtn/

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1832 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 16 Aug. The discipline at Christ's Hospital in my time was ultra-Spartan.

ultra-splendid adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈsplɛndɪd/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈsplɛndəd/

ΚΠ

1853 C. M. Yonge Heir of Redclyffe I. vii. 110 Really it is so ultra-splendid as to deserve notice!

ultra-strict adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈstrɪkt/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈstrɪkt/

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1885 Spectator 18 July 945/2 He does not emulate the ultra-strict veracity of the Quaker.

ultra-Tory adj. and n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈtɔːri/

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/ˌəltrəˈtɔri/

ΚΠ

1829 T. Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 41 Murray full of ultra-Tory predictions about Peel; that he is a ruined man [etc.].

1833 J. W. Croker Let. 25 Mar. in T. E. Kebbel Hist. Toryism (1886) v. 254 [Sir R. Peel] foresaw that Radicals and ultra-Tories would unite against him.

1843 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 683 Let me beg of my dear Ultras not to imagine..that they could form an Ultra-tory Administration.

1854 Earl of Aberdeen 6 Jan. in Lett. Q. Victoria (1908) III. xxiii. 2 The base and infamous attacks made upon the Prince..chiefly..in those papers which represent ultra-Tory or extreme Radical opinions.

1862 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. VIII. vi. 109 The measures..hardly came up to the expectation of the ultra-Tories of that day [1819].

1862 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. VIII. xviii. 320 The expectations of the ultra-Tory party that the Reform Bill [1832] would be repealed.

1908 Lett. Q. Victoria I. i. 6 The ultra-Tory party, who had opposed to the last the Emancipation of the Catholics and the Reform Bill.

ultra-tropical adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈtrɒpᵻkl/

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/ˌəltrəˈtrɑpək(ə)l/

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1848 E. A. Poe Eureka 83 On the Melville islands..we find traces of ultra-tropical vegetation.

1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 438 Groves and forests of the luxuriant vegetation of an ultra-tropical climate were swept away by floods and inundations.

ultra-violent adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈvʌɪələnt/

/ˌʌltrəˈvʌɪəln̩t/

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/ˌəltrəˈvaɪ(ə)lənt/

ΚΠ

1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Mar. 5/3 Another standard argument for the ultraviolent film is that in real life, violence is not the gunshot flash and quick dissolve, [etc.].

b. In some special terms.

ultra-brachy-cephalic adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəbrakɪsᵻˈfalɪk/

/ˌʌltrəbrakɪkɛˈfalɪk/

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/ˌəltrəˌbrækisəˈfælɪk/

/ˌəltrəˌbrækəsəˈfælɪk/

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1886 J. G. Garson in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 16 14 The..third group on either side is called ultradolichocephalic and ultrabrachycephalic respectively.

1900 tr. J. Deniker Races of Man ii. 58 (note) Cephalic index of the skull:..from 90 and upwards, ultra-brachycephalic.

ultra-dolichocephalic adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˌdɒlᵻkəʊsᵻˈfalɪk/

/ˌʌltrəˌdɒlᵻkəʊkɛˈfalɪk/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˌdɑləkoʊsəˈfælɪk/

ultra-elliptic adj.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəᵻˈlɪptɪk/

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/ˌəltrəəˈlɪptɪk/

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1877 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers X. 162 Göpel and Rosenhain each connect the theory with that of the ultra-elliptic functions involving the radical √x[etc.].

c. Similarly with adverbs.

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1871 D. M. Mulock Fair France i. 9 And what possible harm can it do a man to greet his neighbour civilly, even ultra-politely, rather than grumpily?

1883 G. Meredith Poems & Lyrics 139 All in honour still; Oh, all in honour, ultra-honourably!

4. With nouns in the same sense:

a. Denoting persons.Many of these are adjectives used substantively.

(a)

ultra-anti n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈanti/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈænˌtaɪ/

/ˌəltrəˈæn(t)i/

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1826 M. Edgeworth Thoughts on Bores in Janus 82 To have been near a blue.., would ruin you with an ultra-anti.

ultra-Calvinist n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈkalvᵻnɪst/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈkælvənəst/

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1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 338 Whitgift..was, in modern language, an Ultra-Calvinist.

ultra-Catholic n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈkaθ(ə)lɪk/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/

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1837 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. 28 71 The ultra-Catholics with their bigotry and pretensions to priestly domination.

1907 Cambr. Mod. Hist. X. xvi. 530 Belgium..was divided.., as it is still, into two irreconcilable parties, the ultra-Catholics or Clericals, and the Liberals.

ultra-centralizer n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈsɛntrəlʌɪzə/

/ˌʌltrəˈsɛntrl̩ʌɪzə/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈsɛntrəˌlaɪzər/

ΚΠ

1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 12 The struggles between ultra-centralizers and ultra-federalists.

ultra-Christian n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈkrɪstʃən/

ΚΠ

1836 T. P. Thompson Let. 8 June in Exercises (1842) IV. 124 Among the names..are many, like Hermes, Nereus,..which modern ultra-christians would have thought formidably heathenish.

ultra-educationist n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃn̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrəɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃənɪst/

/ˌʌltrəɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃn̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrəɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃənɪst/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˌɛdʒəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nəst/

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1821 H. More in Roberts Mem. (1835) IV. 179 The ultra-educationist would despise these limits.

ultra-exclusive n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəᵻkˈskluːsɪv/

/ˌʌltrəɛkˈskluːsɪv/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəɪkˈsklusɪv/

/ˌəltrəɪkˈskluzɪv/

/ˌəltrəɛkˈsklusɪv/

/ˌəltrəɛkˈskluzɪv/

ΚΠ

1834 M. Edgeworth Helen III. iii. 66 One born and bred such an ultra exclusive as Louisa Castlefort.

ultra-feminist n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈfɛmᵻnɪst/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈfɛmənəst/

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1979 Maledicta 3 17 Even though many ultra-feminists have attacked you.., you still insist that women are superior to men.

ultra-Goth n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈɡɒθ/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈɡɑθ/

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1866 G. Talbot in E. S. Purcell Life & Lett. A. P. de Lisle (1900) I. xv. 408 The [architectural] designs excited the admiration even of the Ultra-Goths present.

ultra-Julian n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈdʒuːlɪən/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈdʒuljən/

/ˌəltrəˈdʒuliən/

ΚΠ

a1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan Ded. in Wks. (1833) XV. 108 Is it not so, my Tory, ultra-Julian?

ultra-leftist adj.

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/ˌʌltrəˈlɛftɪst/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈlɛftəst/

ΚΠ

1947 Partisan Rev. 14 398 Gorky's became an ‘opposition school’ for ‘ultra~leftist’ Bolsheviks.

1971 Time 11 Oct. 13 As an ultra~leftist, of course, Wu would hardly expect a warm welcome from as revisionist a country as the Soviet Union.

ultra-liberal n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈlɪb(ə)rəl/

/ˌʌltrəˈlɪb(ə)rl̩/

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/ˌəltrəˈlɪb(ə)rəl/

ΚΠ

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 208 He is an ultra-liberal, quotes Cobbett, and goes rather too far.

1861 W. G. Clark in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 6 The ultra-liberals are blind to facts and consequences.

ultra-Lutheran n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈluːθ(ə)rən/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈluθ(ə)rən/

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1857 E. B. Pusey Real Presence (1869) i. 112 The error of the Sacramentaries was opposed by the error of the Ultra-Lutherans.

ultra-man n.

Brit.

/ˈʌltrəman/

U.S.

/ˈəltrəˌmæn/

ΚΠ

1816 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 15 552 The amateurs outrés of horse-racing, or ultra-men of the turf.

ultra-modernist n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈmɒdənɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈmɒdn̩ɪst/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈmɑdərnəst/

ΚΠ

1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 709/1 Let us not be ultra-modernists & assume that whence & whither..are dead & buried.

ultra-nationalist n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩əlɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩l̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃənl̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃ(ə)nəlɪst/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈnæʃ(ə)nələst/

ΚΠ

1936 G. B. Shaw Millionairess Pref., in Simpleton, Six, & Millionairess 121 Only the stupidest or craziest ultra-Nationalists believe that people corralled within the same political frontier are all exactly alike.

ultra-papist n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈpeɪpɪst/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈpeɪpᵻst/

ΚΠ

1852 S. R. Maitland Eight Ess. 158 ‘Just so,’ replies the ultra-papist; ‘I believe you’.

ultra-patriot n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈpatrɪət/

/ˌʌltrəˈpeɪtrɪət/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈpeɪtriət/

ΚΠ

1938 Times 17 Feb. 16/1 In private conversation business men will unequivocally express disapproval of the course of events, a minority of samurai-minded ultra-patriots being the only exceptions.

1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 May 602/4 De Mille and the ultra-patriots who had been smearing the guild's president..for opposing the introduction of a compulsory loyalty oath.

ultra-pietist n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈpʌɪᵻtɪst/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈpaɪədəst/

ΚΠ

1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 136 The ultra pietists make a terrible outcry.

ultra-pluralist n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈplʊərəlɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈplʊərl̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈplɔːrəlɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈplɔːrl̩ɪst/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈplʊrələst/

ΚΠ

1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 334 If the number of livings be greater than two,..he may be termed an Ultra-Pluralist.

ultra-Presbyterian n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəprɛzbᵻˈtɪərɪən/

/ˌʌltrəprɛsbᵻˈtɪərɪən/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˌprɛzbəˈtɪriən/

/ˌəltrəˌprɛsbəˈtɪriən/

ΚΠ

1818 Q. Rev. 18 504 In the opinion of the ultra-presbyterians.

ultra-Protestant n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈprɒtᵻst(ə)nt/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈprɑdəst(ə)nt/

ΚΠ

1835 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1842) 501 The use of the ring in marriage used to be regarded as a remnant of Popery by ultra-protestants.

1841 A. P. de Lisle in E. S. Purcell Life & Lett. A. P. de Lisle (1900) I. xi. 208 That still more monstrous idea held by ultra-Protestants that the Catholick Church consists of all sects of nominal Christians.

ultra-puritan n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈpjʊərᵻt(ə)n/

/ˌʌltrəˈpjɔːrᵻt(ə)n/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈpjʊrətn/

ΚΠ

1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 49 The ultra-puritans regarded them as semi-papists.

ultra-radical n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈradᵻkl/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈrædək(ə)l/

ΚΠ

1834 C. C. F. Greville Mem. (1874) III. 54 Lord Wharncliffe..says that the constituency of the great towns is composed of ultra-Radicals.

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. iii. 58 You're an ultra-Radical.

ultra-rationalist n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩əlɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩l̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃənl̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃ(ə)nəlɪst/

U.S.

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1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe 352 Mr. Bradley, for instance, is an ultra-rationalist.

ultra-reactionary n.

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/ˌʌltrərɪˈakʃn̩(ə)ri/

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/ˌəltrəriˈækʃəˌnɛri/

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1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. 114 At home, the virulence of the ultra-reactionaries..recommenced.

ultra-republican n.

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/ˌʌltrərᵻˈpʌblᵻk(ə)n/

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/ˌəltrərəˈpəblək(ə)n/

/ˌəltrəriˈpəblək(ə)n/

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1867 H. Latham Black & White Pref. p. vi They are the successful men, who have made money, and are not disposed to be ultra-Republicans in future.

ultra-revolutionist n.

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/ˌʌltrərɛvəˈluːʃn̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrərɛvəˈluːʃənɪst/

/ˌʌltrərɛvəˈljuːʃn̩ɪst/

/ˌʌltrərɛvəˈljuːʃənɪst/

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1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 370/2 The progress of Hebert and the ultra-revolutionists was still more distasteful to him [Danton] than to Robespierre.

ultra-rightist n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈrʌɪtɪst/

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/ˌəltrəˈraɪdᵻst/

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1976 New Yorker 8 Mar. 28/1 In 1973, he [sc. Lin Piao] became an ‘ultra-rightist’.

ultra-Romanist n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈrəʊmənɪst/

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/ˌəltrəˈroʊmənəst/

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1848 Blackie in Class. Mus. V. 72 Dante..said many things in his divine poem..offensive to the ultra-Romanists.

ultra-royalist n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈrɔɪəlɪst/

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1817 Ann. Reg. 1816 Gen. Hist. 109/2 The latter were accordingly eminently monarchical in their principles, and were invidiously branded with the title of ultra-royalists.

1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 276 I dread the machinations of the ultra royalists and the Bourbon princes.

1819 H. M. Williams Lett. France 61 A party, too well known by the denomination of ultra-royalist.

1821 Edinb. Rev. 36 139 This ultra-royalist spirit, diffused by the priests and emigrants.

1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 26 Their intolerant and ultra-royalist principles.

1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors III. xcv. 454 It was thought fit to balance them by some determined ultra-royalists.

ultra-Whig n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈwɪɡ/

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/ˌəltrəˈ(h)wɪɡ/

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1817 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 17 241 Such was the system of government established in France by the Perfect Emperor of the Ultra-Whigs and Extra-Reformers.

(b) With adjective used as collective noun.

ultra-feminine n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈfɛmᵻnᵻn/

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/ˌəltrəˈfɛmənən/

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1926 W. de la Mare Connoisseur & Other Stories 184 Mr. Thripp indeed was no lover of the ultra-feminine.

ultra-left n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈlɛft/

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/ˌəltrəˈlɛft/

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1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing xv. 186 He had discovered both its weaknesses as a play, and its ultra-Left tendency.

ultra-right n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈrʌɪt/

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/ˌəltrəˈraɪt/

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1977 Time 21 Nov. 39/3 She's willingly making herself a stalking horse for the ultra-right.

b. Denoting actions, qualities.

ultra-abolitionism n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəabəˈlɪʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəabəˈlɪʃənɪz(ə)m/

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/ˌəltrəˌæbəˈlɪʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/

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1858 H. Martineau Hist. Peru 169 The government was declared to have gone over to ultra-abolitionism.

ultra-advocacy n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈadvəkəsi/

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/ˌəltrəˈædvəkəsi/

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1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain II. ix. 656 Napier, in his ultra-advocacy of Soult, says [etc.].

ultra-Byronism n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈbʌɪrənɪz(ə)m/

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/ˌəltrəˈbaɪrəˌnɪz(ə)m/

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1831 Edinb. Rev. 54 387 He parades an ultra-Byronism.

ultra-churchism n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈtʃəːtʃɪz(ə)m/

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/ˌəltrəˈtʃərˌtʃɪz(ə)m/

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1841 E. Miall in Nonconformist 1 73 In connection with Laudism and ultra-churchism.

ultra-conscientiousness n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəkɒnʃɪˈɛnʃəsnəs/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˌkɑn(t)ʃiˈɛn(t)ʃəsnəs/

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1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. I. ii. 70 I found myself..cultivating a perplexed ultra-conscientiousness with my mother.

ultra-dandyism n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈdandɪɪz(ə)m/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈdændiˌɪz(ə)m/

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1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 2) II. i. 16 His ultra-dandyism of speech, dress, and manner, made his presence a sort of sine qua non in every merry meeting.

ultra-discipline n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈdɪsᵻplᵻn/

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/ˌəltrəˈdɪsəplən/

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1863 A. Blomfield Mem. Bp. Blomfield I. iv. 106 Reports of his ultra-discipline..may have reached you.

ultra-leftism n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈlɛftɪz(ə)m/

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/ˌəltrəˈlɛfˌtɪz(ə)m/

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1949 Horizon May 315 ‘Trotskyism’ (i.e., ultra-leftism).

ultra-liberalism n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈlɪb(ə)rəlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈlɪb(ə)rl̩ɪz(ə)m/

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/ˌəltrəˈlɪb(ə)rəˌlɪz(ə)m/

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1835 J. E. Alexander Sketches in Portugal viii. 192 The priest..seized a musket by the barrel and hit him a crack with the butt over the head to show his ultra-liberalism, (priests being generally suspected of being anti-constitutional).

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 279 It is sickening to hear the unctuous talk with which now-a-days ultra-liberalism will sometimes stretch out a hand to spiritual tyranny.

ultra-Lutheranism n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈluːθ(ə)rənɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈluːθ(ə)rn̩ɪz(ə)m/

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/ˌəltrəˈluθ(ə)rəˌnɪz(ə)m/

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1857 E. B. Pusey Real Presence (1869) i. 122 Amid the conflict of parties, the ‘Formula Concordiæ’ moderated the extremes of Ultra-Lutheranism.

ultra-manner n.

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/ˈʌltrəˌmanə/

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/ˈəltrəˌmænər/

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1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. v. 70 The account is singular and interesting, as a specimen of the highest ultra-manners of those times.

ultra-marathon n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈmarəθ(ə)n/

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/ˌəltrəˈmɛrəˌθɑn/

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1977 J. F. Fixx Compl. Bk. Running xxiv. 268 Corbitt knows as much about long races—ultramarathons, runners call them—as anyone alive.

ultra-nationalism n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩əlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩l̩ɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃənl̩ɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈnaʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/

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/ˌəltrəˈnæʃ(ə)nəˌlɪz(ə)m/

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1949 Horizon June 398 Men who have grown old in the ways of self-interest and ultranationalism.

ultra-orthodoxy n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈɔːθədɒksi/

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/ˌəltrəˈɔrθəˌdɑksi/

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1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. lvi. 417 With dexterous craft, the ultra-orthodoxy of the Pharisaic party allied itself with the discontented royalist faction.

ultra-pluralism n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈplʊərəlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈplʊərl̩ɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈplɔːrəlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈplɔːrl̩ɪz(ə)m/

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/ˌəltrəˈplʊrəˌlɪz(ə)m/

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1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 336 In these cases of Ultra-Pluralism, whereabouts are the eyes of the Archbishop?

ultra-Protestantism n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈprɒtᵻstəntɪz(ə)m/

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/ˌəltrəˈprɑdəst(ə)nˌtɪzəm/

/ˌəltrəˈprɑdəst(ə)n(t)ˌɪzəm/

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1839 J. S. Mill Let. 27 Dec. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 415 The principal peculiarity of this school is hostility to what they call ultra-Protestantism.

1842 E. B. Pusey Crisis Eng. Church 30 Cases in which persons who were going over from Ultra-Protestantism, have been thankful to be stayed, and found their rest in the true doctrines of our Church.

1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia iii. ii. 267 It is only our ultra Protestantism that involves us in these difficulties and absurdities.

ultra-radicalism n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈradᵻkəlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈradᵻkl̩ɪz(ə)m/

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/ˌəltrəˈrædəkəˌlɪz(ə)m/

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1825 W. Hazlitt Spirit of Age 147 They are a relief to the mind..heated with ultra-radicalism.

1949 I. Deutscher Stalin 405 The Comintern was now indeed engaged in a mock fight. Its ultra-radicalism was so unreal.

ultra-rationalism n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩əlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩l̩ɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃənl̩ɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈraʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈræʃənlˌɪz(ə)m/

/ˌəltrəˈræʃnəˌlɪz(ə)m/

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1899 W. S. Churchill Let. 19 Jan. in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1969) II. Compan. i. p. xxvii Who should draw the line where the maximum of human pain and doubt may be allayed and the minimum of ultra-rationalism be incurred?

1946 Mind 55 109 This ultra-rationalism, as I may call it, put forward by Leibniz.

ultra-refinement n.

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/ˌʌltrərᵻˈfʌɪnm(ə)nt/

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/ˌəltrərəˈfaɪnmənt/

/ˌəltrəriˈfaɪnmənt/

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1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 63/1 There is, perhaps, something of ultra-refinement in this view of the matter.

ultra-remuneration n.

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/ˌʌltrərᵻˌmjuːnəˈreɪʃn/

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/ˌəltrərəˌmjunəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/

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1816 J. Bentham Extract Constit. Code: Official Aptitude Maximized 12 Completely needless, and thence unjustifiable, is all such ultra-remuneration.

ultra-ritualism n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈrɪtʃʊəlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈrɪtʃᵿlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈrɪtʃl̩ɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈrɪtjʊəlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈrɪtjᵿlɪz(ə)m/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈrɪtʃ(əw)əˌlɪz(ə)m/

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1865 Church Times 28 Oct. 341 The Puritan outcry about the ‘ultra-ritualism’ at St. Michael's Church.

ultra-royalism n.

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/ˌʌltrəˈrɔɪəlɪz(ə)m/

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/ˌəltrəˈrɔɪəˌlɪz(ə)m/

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1815 Ann. Reg. Gen. Hist. 94 A preponderance of what is called ultra-royalism, which opposes the moderation of the court.

ultra-speed n.

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/ˈʌltrəspiːd/

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/ˈəltrəˌspid/

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1963 C. R. Cowell et al. Inlays, Crowns, & Bridges ix. 103 Some operators..then undertake most of the rest of the preparation at ultra-speed.

ultra-spiritualism n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈspɪrᵻtʃᵿlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəˈspɪrᵻtʃl̩ɪz(ə)m/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈspɪrᵻtʃ(əw)əˌlɪz(ə)m/

ΚΠ

1871 J. R. Lowell Pope in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 18 The ultra-spiritualism of the Puritans.

ultra-supernaturalism n.

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/ˌʌltrəsuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)rəlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəsjuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)rəlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəsuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩ɪz(ə)m/

/ˌʌltrəsjuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩ɪz(ə)m/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˌsupərˈnætʃ(ə)rəˌlɪz(ə)m/

ΚΠ

1950 R. A. Knox Enthusiasm i. 2 If I could have been certain of the reader's goodwill, I would have called my tendency ‘ultrasupernaturalism’. For that is the real character of the enthusiast; he expects more evident results from the grace of God than we others.

ultra-Toryism n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈtɔːrɪɪz(ə)m/

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/ˌəltrəˈtɔriˌɪz(ə)m/

ΚΠ

1829 T. Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 44 Some of the Handelian part of the selections might be called the ultra-Toryism of music.

ultra-violence n.

Brit.

/ˈʌltrəˌvʌɪələns/

/ˈʌltrəˌvʌɪəln̩s/

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/ˈəltrəˌvaɪ(ə)ləns/

ΚΠ

1962 ‘A. Burgess’ Clockwork Orange iii. vi. 180 There were like pictures of real horrorshow devotchkas, and I said I would like to give them the old in-out in-out with lots of ultra-violence.

1972 Times 6 May 9/2 It will serve as a textbook study of how to photograph acts of ultraviolence without giving offence.

1977 Time 24 Jan. 14/2 It was like an orgy of ‘ultra~violence’ from Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange... About 200 masked youths rioted last week in the industrial town of Mestre near Venice.

5. Denoting instruments adapted for very minute measurements, observations, etc., as ultra-micrometer. See also ultramicroscope n.

ΚΠ

1928 Daily Express 22 June 6 Such instruments as the seismograph, ultra-micrometer, and torsion balance.

Draft additions 1993

ultra-marathoner n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrəˈmarəθənə/

U.S.

/ˌəltrəˈmɛrəˌθɑnər/

ΘΚΠ

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

miler1838

sprinter1841

quarter-miler1893

marathoner1908

half-miler1959

four-minute miler1963

ultra-marathoner1978

ultra-runner1978

1978 Washington Post 6 Jan. 28/1 Washington is the home of true running freaks like ultra-marathoner Edward Ayres, editor and publisher of ‘Running Times’ magazine.

1987 Running May 13/1 Ultramarathoner Donald Ritchie..already holds five world best times for distances between 40 and 100 miles.

ultra-run n.

Brit.

/ˈʌltrərʌn/

U.S.

/ˈəltrəˌrən/

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

1986 Los Angeles Times 13 Jan. iii. 16/1 About the only people to witness his accomplishments were those involved with the West Coast University ultra run on Dec. 26 in the Cerritos College Stadium.

ultra-runner n.

Brit.

/ˈʌltrəˌrʌnə/

U.S.

/ˈəltrəˌrənər/

ΘΚΠ

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

miler1838

sprinter1841

quarter-miler1893

marathoner1908

half-miler1959

four-minute miler1963

ultra-marathoner1978

ultra-runner1978

1978 Washington Post 3 Sept. d13 I know only a few ultra runners.

1990 Sunday Times 30 Dec. 15/6 Ultrarunners used to be a rare breed in America, regarded as cranks or masochists.

ultra-running n.

Brit.

/ˈʌltrəˌrʌnɪŋ/

U.S.

/ˈəltrəˌrənɪŋ/

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

1978 J. Shapiro On Road vi. 126 Ultrarunning is an odd sport in a way because it is as wild..as the uninitiated might imagine.

1990 Times 21 June 40/1 An elite band of 200 athletes who will take part in the Sun Life Great Race, a hybrid of ultra running and city centre racing.

Draft additions 1993

attributive or as quasi-adj. ultra-distance. Cf. long distance adj. a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [adjective] > types of foot racing

sack racing1887

ultra-distance1977

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [adjective] > type of runner

ultra-distance1977

1977 Runner's World Nov. 52/1 Run a sub-three-hour marathon every six to eight weeks as a means of maintaining..the psychological perspective endemic to ultra-distance runners.

1980 Washington Star 7 Aug. d6 Ultradistance running is much different than competing in marathons. When I started running in 1970, the 880 was called a run. Now it's become a sprint. The same is true of the marathon.

Draft additions June 2006

ultra wideband n.

Brit.

/ˌʌltrə ˈwʌɪdband/

U.S.

/ˌəltrə ˈwaɪdˌbænd/

(also ultra wide band) Electronics and Telecommunications a very broad bandwidth; (in later use) spec. a radio communications technology which uses the transmission of very narrow and low-energy pulses over a broad bandwidth to achieve high communication speeds; frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1943 Indian Jrnl. Physics 17 (title) 167 On the theory of performance of wide and ultra-wide band lattice type crystal band-pass filters containing stabilised negative impedance elements.

1989 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 4 Dec. 38 Rapid advances in ultra-wideband radar technology, while increasing the potential for detecting and imaging extremely small cross-section targets, have created a bitter controversy between the stealth community and proponents of new radar concepts.

2002 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Nov. b4/6 An entirely new communications technology, dubbed Ultra Wideband, that could be used for short-range communications by many consumer products, in addition to computing devices.

2005 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 26 Aug. 32 [It] specialises in ultra-wideband systems that transfer large amounts of data over short distances wirelessly and without interference from other signals.

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

单词	ultra-
释义	ultra-prefix Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Etymology: < Latin ultrā beyond, employed as a prefix in the post-classical ultrāmundānus ultramundane, and the later ultrāmarīnus ultramarine, and ultrāmontānus ultramontane. On these models are formed the types illustrated in senses 1, 2 The further development represented by sense 3 apparently originated in French with the terms ultra-révolutionnaire and ultra-royaliste, and has become very prolific in English use, as well as in the Romanic languages and in German, Swedish, and Danish. 1. Signifying ‘lying spatially beyond or on the other side of’: a. With nouns, as ultraequinoctials (plural), those who live beyond the equinox. ΚΠ 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Giii^v For (as there Cronicles testifie) before our arriuall ther they neuer harde any thinge of vs, whome they call the vltraequinoctialles. b. With adjectives, as ultra-Gangetic, ultra-Martian, ultra-median, ultra-stellar, ultra-terrene, ultra-terrestrial, ultra-zodiacal.Also ultra-galactic, ultra-tropical. (In dictionaries). ΚΠ 1833 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 197 The..hypothesis of Olbers respecting the formation of the four ultra-zodiacal planets. 1836 J. F. Davis Chinese I. iii. 81 The usual cautious and exclusive spirit of the ultra-gangetic nations. 1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 288 Homer had conceived the existence of what we may call ultra-terrene parts, both westwards and eastwards. 1860 D. Olmsted Mech. Heavens 271 The Asteroids, or Ultra-Zodiacal Planets. 1902 Proc. Zool. Soc. 115 On the hind wing the ultramedian blue band is replaced by a narrow line. 1905 Athenæum 11 Mar. 312/3 [A rotation] longer than that of any of the great ultra-Martian planets. 1906 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 2nd vi. v. 276 Is it where sky-fires flame and flit, Or solar craters spew and spit, Or ultra-stellar night-webs knit? c. ultra-red, A former name for infra-red adj. and n. (So French ultra-rouge; cf. ultraviolet adj. and n.) ΚΠ 1870 J. Tyndall Heat (ed. 4) xiii. §612. 439 The failure..proved the invisible rays to be exclusively ultra-red. 1875 tr. H. W. Vogel Chem. Light & Photogr. vii. 60 We name the invisible tones of colour above violet ultra-violet, and those beyond red ultra-red. 2. a. With adjectives, signifying ‘going beyond, surpassing, or transcending the limits of’ (the specified concept).Also ultra-atomic, ultra-gaseous, ultra-material. (In dictionaries.) ultra-human adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈhjuːmən/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈ(h)jumən/ ΚΠ a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 185 All other super or ultra-human beings. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 99 The intellectual refinements of an ultra-human spiritualism. 1883 R. Jefferies Story Heart 63 All things being ultra-human and without design. ultra-natural n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈnatʃ(ə)rəl/ , /ˌʌltrəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈnætʃ(ə)rəl/ ΚΠ 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 442 The ultra-natural sublimity of the legendary characters disappears. ultra-pecuniary n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəpᵻˈkjuːn(jə)ri/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəpəˈkjuniˌɛri/ ΚΠ 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. v. 138 Suppose the punishment ultra-pecuniary: suppose man's life at stake. b. ultra-phenomenal adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəfᵻˈnɒmᵻnl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəfəˈnɑmən(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 503 The word Existence, as they understood it, did not mean phænomenal, but ultra-phænomenal existence. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. ii. 97 The real, absolute, ontological, ultra-phenomenal, or Noumenal world. ultra-physical adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈfɪzᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈfɪzək(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1883 J. Parker Tyne Chylde 152 Is it possible..to return to the meridian of absolute neutrality as regards ultraphysical questions? ultra-rational adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩(ə)l/ , /ˌʌltrəˈraʃən(ə)l/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈræʃ(ə)nəl/ ΚΠ 1894 B. Kidd Social Evol. vii. 184 That ultra-rational system of ethics upon which our civilisation is founded. ultra-scientific adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəsʌɪənˈtɪfɪk/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/ ΚΠ 1895 Educational Rev. Sept. 117 Science itself not unfrequently derives motive power from an ultra-scientific source. ultra-sensational adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəs(ɛ)nˈseɪʃn̩(ə)l/ , /ˌʌltrəs(ɛ)nˈseɪʃən(ə)l/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌsɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)nəl/ , /ˌəltrəsənˈseɪʃ(ə)nəl/ ΚΠ 1851 H. L. Mansel Prolegomena Logica i. 17 It would not be difficult to shew that the ultra-sensational philosophy is that which could most easily dispense with the necessity of introducing language at all. ultra-sensible adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈsɛnsᵻbl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈsɛnsəb(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1882 J. Tyndall in Longman's Mag. 1 35 There is..boldness..in the attempt to make these ultra-sensible actions generally intelligible. ultra-sensual adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈsɛnsjʊəl/ , /ˌʌltrəˈsɛnsjᵿl/ , /ˌʌltrəˈsɛnʃʊəl/ , /ˌʌltrəˈsɛnʃ(ᵿ)l/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈsɛn(t)ʃəwəl/ ΚΠ 1833 T. Carlyle Jrnl. 28 Oct. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. xvi. 372 The ultra-sensual surrounds the sensual and gives it meaning. c. In the sense of ‘exceeding in respect of quantity or number’, as ultra-centenarianism (of human life), ultra-dimidiate, ultra-total. ΚΠ 1847 W. Hamilton Let. to De Morgan 43 If the one extreme coincide with the middle, to the extent of a half (dimidiate quantification); and the other, to the extent of aught more than a half, (ultradimidiate quantification). 1847 W. Hamilton Let. to De Morgan 41 In regard to the ultratotal quantification of the middle term. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic viii. 251 This notation can represent equally total and ultratotal distribution. 1879 W. J. Thoms Longevity p. xxvi A very large number of cases of alleged ultra-Centenarianism. d. With nouns in this sense, as ultrafiltration n., ultramicroscope n., etc. 3. a. Signifying an excessive or extreme degree of the quality or condition expressed by the adjective forming the second element of the compound. First in ultra-fashionable, -revolutionary, but in very common, and steadily-increasing, use from about 1830. Only a few of the earlier or more important examples are given here. The distinction from sense 2 is not always quite clear. ultra-affected adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəəˈfɛktᵻd/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəəˈfɛktəd/ ΚΠ 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 234 The ultra-affected D-s-y gave us a drop in for a few minutes. ultra-Anglican adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈaŋɡlᵻk(ə)n/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈæŋɡlək(ə)n/ ΚΠ 1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 508 [Bishop Marsh] peculiarly affects an ultra-Anglican orthodoxy. 1866 Church Times 27 Jan. The narrow and intolerant spirit of the ultra-Anglican School. ultra-Arctic adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈɑːktɪk/ , /ˌʌltrəˈɑːtɪk/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈɑrktɪk/ , /ˌəltrəˈɑrdɪk/ ΚΠ 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xx. 205 The ability of Europeans or Americans to inure themselves to an ultra-Arctic climate. ultra-believing n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəbᵻˈliːvɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəbəˈlivɪŋ/ , /ˌəltrəbiˈlivɪŋ/ ΚΠ 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More I. 259 The unbelieving clergy are better than the ultra-believing in this respect. ultra-beloved adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəbᵻˈlʌvd/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəbəˈləvd/ ΚΠ 1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (London ed.) 183 Everybody so dear, and yourself so ultra-beloved. ultra-benevolent n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəbᵻˈnɛvələnt/ , /ˌʌltrəbᵻˈnɛvəln̩t/ , /ˌʌltrəbᵻˈnɛvl̩(ə)nt/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəbəˈnɛvələnt/ ΚΠ 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. vii. 263 The patrons of this theory are ultra-benevolents towards the transgressors of law. ultra-bourgeois adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈbʊəʒwɑː/ , /ˌʌltrəˈbɔːʒwɑː/ , /ˌʌltrəbʊəˈʒwɑː/ , /ˌʌltrəbɔːˈʒwɑː/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌbʊrˈʒwɑ/ , /ˌəltrəˈbʊrˌʒwɑ/ ΚΠ 1934 G. B. Shaw On the Rocks (new ed.) Pref., in Too True to be Good 161 Even Lenin and his colleagues, all ultra-bourgeois (otherwise they would never have so absurdly overestimated the intellectual resources of the proletariat [etc.]). ultra-Catholic adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈkaθ(ə)lɪk/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/ ΚΠ 1830 J. S. Mill Let. 20 Aug. in Victorian Stud. (1957) 1 143 Three were printers of an ultra-Catholic and royalist journal. 1930 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island Pref., in Wks. XI. 71 The ubiquitous sodalities of that new ultra-Catholic Church called Socialism. ultra-cautious adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈkɔːʃəs/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈkɔʃəs/ , /ˌəltrəˈkɑʃəs/ ΚΠ 1946 Mind 55 141 To suppose that no improvement can be effected by so doing is an ultracautious and conservative position. ultra-civilized adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈsɪvᵻlʌɪzd/ , /ˌʌltrəˈsɪvl̩ʌɪzd/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈsɪvəˌlaɪzd/ ΚΠ 1842 E. A. Poe in Graham's Mag. Feb. 125/2 Hugh has grown to a stalwart man—the type of man the animal, as his father is of man the ultra-civilized. 1931 E. Blunden Votive Tablets 170 Byron..with his ultra-civilised fraternisation with the gentlemen. ultra-clean adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈkliːn/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈklin/ ΚΠ 1970 Sci. Jrnl. Apr. 42 Cleaning these parts is a major branch of ultraclean technology involving the application of special solvents, the use of ‘sonication’—ultrasonic vibration—to jar the dirt loose,..and many other highly specialized procedures. ultra-clear adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈklɪə/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈklɪ(ə)r/ ΚΠ 1907 W. James in Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 4 295 Your letter is so ultraclear. ultra-clerical adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈklɛrᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈklɛrək(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1938 New Statesman 23 July 162/1 Maria-Cristina's ultra~clerical court. ultra-concomitant adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəkənˈkɒmᵻt(ə)nt/ , /ˌʌltrəkəŋˈkɒmᵻt(ə)nt/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəkənˈkɑmədənt/ ΚΠ 1816 J. Bentham Extract Constit. Code: Official Aptitude Maximized 11 Repugnant to these same principles is all ultra-concomitant remuneration. ultra-conservative adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəkənˈsəːvətɪv/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəkənˈsərvədɪv/ ΚΠ 1868 A. K. H. Boyd Lessons Middle Age 106 Excellent men, ultra-conservative in all things. ultra-cosmopolitan adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəkɒzməˈpɒlᵻt(ə)n/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌkɑzməˈpɑlətn/ ΚΠ 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair I. viii. 69 Theodora is..ultra-cosmopolitan and has invented a new religion. ultra-critical adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈkrɪtᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈkrɪdək(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1907 W. James Pragmatism v. 192 Common science or corpuscular philosophy, ultra-critical science..or idealistic philosophy, all seem insufficiently true. ultra-democratic adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrədɛməˈkratɪk/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌdɛməˈkrædɪk/ ΚΠ 1838 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 33 I am fast becoming ultra-democratic. 1861 G. M. Musgrave By-roads in Picardy 323 Owing to ultra-democratic feeling and low radicalism. ultra-episcopal adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəᵻˈpɪskəpl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəəˈpɪskəp(ə)l/ , /ˌəltrəiˈpɪskəp(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1841 F. E. Paget Tales of Village 2nd Ser. x. 197 There is more than one society, which..has already assumed (if I may coin such a word) ultra-episcopal functions. ultra-evangelical adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəiːvanˈdʒɛlᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌiˌvænˈdʒɛlək(ə)l/ , /ˌəltrəˌɛvənˈdʒɛlək(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1831 Eclectic Rev. Apr. 307 A fearless and uncompromising asserter of..ultra-evangelical doctrines. ultra-fashionable adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈfaʃ(ə)nəbl/ , /ˌʌltrəˈfaʃn̩əbl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈfæʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1802 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1803) 6 91 No female, in the dress of the ultra-fashionable, can be seen in the streets with the smallest regard to decency. 1829 T. Hook Bank to Barnes 146 The forthcoming novel has long kept the ultra fashionables on the tiptoe of expectation. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Men & Coats in Wks. (1900) XIII. 369 A person who sports an ultra-fashionable costume. 1868Ultra-federalist [see ultra-conservative adj.]. ultra-fast adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈfɑːst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈfast/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈfæst/ ΚΠ 1939 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Jan. 2/6 Ultrafast American two-engined light bombers, capable of being used for combat after they have dropped their bomb loads. 1977 J. Hedgecoe Photographer's Handbk. 41 Ultra-fast films are most useful for working in dim existing-light conditions. ultra-feminine adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈfɛmᵻnᵻn/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈfɛmənən/ ΚΠ 1964 N.Y. Post 21 Oct. 18/2 (advt.) Elegant long gowns..slinky slim~lines and ultra-feminine bouffants. 1976 Time 27 Sept. 94/2 Melba Till Allen owes much of her success at the polls to her charming, ultrafeminine manner. ultra-feudal adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈfjuːdl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈfjud(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1859 All Year Round 10 Dec. 150 Its combination of the ultra-feudal with the ultra-modern. ultra-Gallican adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈɡalᵻk(ə)n/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈɡæləkən/ ΚΠ 1842 T. De Quincey Mod. Greece in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 130/2 The Italian, in many features of Gallic insensibility, will be found ultra-Gallican. ultra-generous adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈdʒɛn(ə)rəs/ ΚΠ 1903 W. James Let. 8 Apr. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 375 Your review..was as usual ultra-generous, and I thank you for it. ultra-German adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈdʒəːmən/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈdʒərmən/ ΚΠ 1837 E. A. Poe in Amer. Monthly Mag. June 566 Young men..alive with an exaggerated sense of honour. They abound in the most ultra German opinions respecting the duello. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. iii. §7 The ultra-German and ontological character of his philosophy. 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art (1850) 107 What may be called the ultra German style. ultra-honourable adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈɒn(ə)rəbl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈɑn(ə)rəb(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1866 Mrs. H. Wood St. Martin's Eve II. ix. 190 He was given to be ultra honourable, and to maintain silence in such a case. ultra-intellectual adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəɪntᵻˈlɛktjʊəl/ , /ˌʌltrəɪntᵻˈlɛktjᵿl/ , /ˌʌltrəɪntᵻˈlɛktʃʊəl/ , /ˌʌltrəɪntᵻˈlɛktʃ(ᵿ)l/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌɪn(t)əˈlɛk(t)ʃ(əw)əl/ ΚΠ 1927 T. S. Eliot in Seneca's Tenne Trag. p. xliii It is assumed..that Shakespeare had acquired some extra- or ultra-intellectual knowledge superior to a philosophy. ultra-left adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈlɛft/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈlɛft/ ΚΠ 1971 New Scientist 30 Sept. 740/2 The ultra~left found its voice by protesting against the new Tokyo international airport. 1977 P. Johnson Enemies of Society xviii. 240 Ulrika Meinhof..became the ideological leader of the German Baader-Meinhof gang of ultra-Left terrorists. ultra-leftist adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈlɛftɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈlɛftəst/ ultra-liberal adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈlɪb(ə)rəl/ , /ˌʌltrəˈlɪb(ə)rl̩/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈlɪb(ə)rəl/ ΚΠ 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. iv. 117 The most frank-hearted and ultra-liberal lass that had ever lived. 1856 ‘G. Eliot’ in Westm. Rev. Jan. 20 Börne..was a remarkable political writer of the ultra-liberal party in Germany. ultra-logical adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1881 Times 3 Jan. 9/4 One of the most notorious consequences of this ultra-logical mode of conducting affairs is the instability of French Ministries. ultra-loyal adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈlɔɪəl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈlɔɪ(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. (1863) I. iii. 144 A joint address was agreed upon by both Houses,—ultra-loyal, according to the fashion of the time. ultra-maternal adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəməˈtəːnl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəməˈtərn(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxvi. 226 Who does not know how ultra-maternal grandmothers are? ultra-militant adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈmɪlᵻt(ə)nt/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈmɪlətnt/ ΚΠ 1970 Times 11 Mar. 6 A new, ultra~militant shopkeepers' organization, known as the ‘Tour du Pin Movement’. ultra-miniature adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈmɪnᵻtʃə/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈmɪn(i)əˌtʃʊ(ə)r/ , /ˌəltrəˈmɪn(i)ətʃər/ ΚΠ 1968 Sci. News 7 Dec. 573 An ultra~miniature vacuum pump..will be worn directly under the astronaut's chin. ultra-miniaturized adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈmɪnᵻtʃərʌɪzd/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈmɪn(i)ətʃəˌraɪzd/ ΚΠ 1968 World Book Sci. Ann. 1968 215 Using a multitude of ICs, ultraminiaturized, working in parallel, together with functional circuits, he may build electronic devices tomorrow that seem like impossible dreams even today. ultra-moderate adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈmɒd(ə)rət/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈmɑd(ə)rət/ ΚΠ 1840 Earl of Aberdeen in Charteris Life Jas. Robertson (1863) v. 112 It will only be approved of by the old ultra-moderate party. ultra-modern adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈmɒdn/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈmɑdərn/ ΚΠ 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 296/2 The followers of the ultra-modern school. ultra-mulish adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈmjuːlɪʃ/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈmjulɪʃ/ ΚΠ 1830 Fraser's Mag. 2 598 His ultramulish obstinacy in persisting. ultra-national adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩(ə)l/ , /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃ(ə)n(ə)l/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈnæʃən(ə)l/ , /ˌəltrəˈnæʃn(ə)l/ ΚΠ a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) I. xii. 171 They spread into divers circles, domestic,..national, ultra-national, universal. 1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. lvi. 417 He would embitter Himself..with..the ultra-national party. ultra-nationalist adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩əlɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩l̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃənl̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃ(ə)nəlɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈnæʃ(ə)nələst/ ΚΠ 1927 H. Dobbs in Lett. Gertrude Bell II. 555 It had indeed alarmed the ultra-nationalist party to find a section of the British press averse from the extension of the alliance. 1977 Time 27 June 22/3 Some are concerned about Israeli intransigence and afraid that the new ultranationalist Premier-designate, Menachem Begin..may make a settlement all the harder to achieve. ultra-nationalistic adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrənaʃnəˈlɪstɪk/ , /ˌʌltrənaʃn̩lˈɪstɪk/ , /ˌʌltrənaʃənlˈɪstɪk/ , /ˌʌltrənaʃ(ə)nəˈlɪstɪk/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌnæʃ(ə)nəˈlɪstɪk/ ΚΠ 1974 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 Oct. 5/1 The Chinese call the Amur the Black Dragon River, and the Japanese named one of their most ultranationalistic societies after it in the days when they were itching to go to war with Russia. ultra-ornate adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəɔːˈneɪt/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌɔrˈneɪt/ ΚΠ 1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 60 He will see nothing but an ultra-ornate service of the most decorous kind. ultra-orthodox adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈɔːθədɒks/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈɔrθəˌdɑks/ ΚΠ 1830 E. B. Pusey Hist. Enq. ii. 327 It is not clear from this extract whether he is immediately speaking of ultra-orthodox or fanatic opponents. ultra-patriotic adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəpatrɪˈɒtɪk/ , /ˌʌltrəpeɪtrɪˈɒtɪk/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌpeɪtriˈɑdɪk/ ΚΠ 1801 W. Dupré Lexicographia-neologica Gallica 283 Some ultra-patriotic writers and journalists have likened Bonaparte to the conquerors who plundered Greece. 1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. 159 Proud and ultra-patriotic Gods. ultra-Pecksniffian adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəpɛkˈsnɪfɪən/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌpɛkˈsnɪfiən/ ΚΠ 1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 376/1 The ultra-Pecksniffian taste displayed in the portico. ultra-popish adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈpəʊpɪʃ/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈpoʊpɪʃ/ ΚΠ 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain III. i. 5 Several of the ultra-popish bishops, then resident in Madrid, had denounced the Bible. ultra-professional adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəprəˈfɛʃn̩(ə)l/ , /ˌʌltrəprəˈfɛʃən(ə)l/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəprəˈfɛʃ(ə)nəl/ , /ˌəltrəˌproʊˈfɛʃ(ə)nəl/ ΚΠ 1928 E. O'Neill Strange Interlude iv. 147 In his ultra-professional manner—like an automation of a doctor. ultra-Protestant adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈprɒtᵻst(ə)nt/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈprɑdəst(ə)nt/ ΚΠ 1841 A. P. de Lisle in E. S. Purcell Life & Lett. A. P. de Lisle (1900) I. vi. 108 The Ultra Protestant Parsons are quite beside themselves, they rave like maniacs. 1846 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (ed. 5) 853 Some ultra-protestant sects..have irreverently used sitting as the posture of receiving the Lord's Supper. ultra-prudent adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈpruːd(ə)nt/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈprudnt/ ΚΠ 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. (1876) 343 Lady Mary herself had an ultra-prudent sympathy with her husband. ultra-pure adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈpjʊə/ , /ˌʌltrəˈpjɔː/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈpjʊ(ə)r/ ΚΠ 1961 New Scientist 26 Oct. 237/2 Ultra-pure or conductivity water was, until a few years ago, a substance made in small quantities by multiple distillation..mainly for use in research laboratories. 1973 Nature 13 Apr. 482/3 The preparation, handling containment and analysis of ultrapure materials. ultra-radical adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈradᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈrædək(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 17 Prating there of commerce, public faith, Economy,..And other topics, ultra-radical. 1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors II. xxxviii. 18 There were a few ultra-radical members still not satisfied. ultra-rapid adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈrapɪd/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈræpəd/ ΚΠ 1921 Sci. Amer. 9 Apr. 288 Diagram of the multiple prism ring used for the ultra-rapid camera. 1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 445/1 The Boeing has three baggage/cargo compartments. Two, fully containerised for ultra~rapid ground handling. ultra-rationalist adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩əlɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩l̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈraʃənl̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈraʃ(ə)nəlɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈræʃənl̩əst/ , /ˌəltrəˈræʃnələst/ ΚΠ 1907 W. James Pragmatism iii. 123 A mere mess of anarchy and confusion..will pragmatism often seem to ultra-rationalist minds in philosophy. ultra-refined adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrərᵻˈfʌɪnd/ , U.S. /ˌəltrərəˈfaɪnd/ , /ˌəltrəriˈfaɪnd/ ΚΠ 1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 198 Music and poetry were as much in request..in those days as they are now among the most ultra-refined circles. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 369 An ultra-refined aristocrat. ultra-religious adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrərᵻˈlɪdʒəs/ , U.S. /ˌəltrərəˈlɪdʒəs/ , /ˌəltrəriˈlɪdʒəs/ ΚΠ 1831 T. Carlyle Let. 22 Aug. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1976) V. 352 They were all prophetical, Toryish, ultra-religious. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lix. 389 His decorous private life and ultra-religious habits. ultra-respectable adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrərᵻˈspɛktəbl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrərəˈspɛktəb(ə)l/ , /ˌəltrəriˈspɛktəb(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. i. 152 Older and more conservative families who constituted the ultra-respectable element of the city. 1958 People 4 May 2/3 The workers have captured even the ultra-respectable Royal Academy this year. ultra-revolutionary adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrərɛvəˈl(j)uːʃn̩(ə)ri/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri/ ΚΠ 1793 H. M. Williams Lett. France (1795) II. 13 He had sufficient address to lead them to make some extravagant proposition, which he denominated ultra-revolutionary, and for which he sent them to the scaffold. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 370/2 Robespierre..accordingly..took an early occasion to associate the ultra-revolutionary party with the foreign enemies of the republic. 1974 tr. W. F. Wertheim Evol. & Revol. i. 47 The ultra~revolutionary Red Guards in turbulent China,..the dissatisfied students in France or the rebellious young Negroes in the United States—all of them are..rebelling against the status quo. ultra-rightist adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈrʌɪtɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈraɪdᵻst/ ΚΠ 1974 Ann. Reg. 1973 313 Whereas previously most criticism had accused him of being ultra-leftist, the media now argued that most of his faults were in fact ultra-rightist. ultra-romantic adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrərə(ʊ)ˈmantɪk/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌroʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/ ΚΠ 1846 E. A. Poe in Godey's Lady's Bk. Mar. 135/1 As a drama, we find ‘Elfrida’ faulty in the extreme. Its situations are ultra-romantic, or improbable. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 May 385/1 Young Browning in his period of ultra-romantic chaos. ultra-sentimental adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəsɛntᵻˈmɛntl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌsɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)l/ ΚΠ 1926 E. O'Neill Great God Brown Prologue 11 The sound of the school quartet rendering ‘Sweet Adeline’ with many ultra-sentimental barber-shop quavers. ultra-servile adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈsəːvʌɪl/ , /ˌʌltrəˈsəːvɪl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈsərvəl/ , /ˌəltrəˈsərˌvaɪl/ ΚΠ 1823 J. Bentham Mem. & Corr. in Wks. (1843) X. 536 Then came the servile poet and novelist, Sir Walter Scott: and then the ultra-servile sack guzzler, Southey. ultra-smart adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈsmɑːt/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈsmɑrt/ ΚΠ 1904 N.Y. World Mag. 1 May 6/1 She is likewise one of the prettiest girls in society, and ultra-smart. 1939 O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 74 Ultra-smart householders who reacted instantaneously to every change of fashion. ultra-spartan adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈspɑːtn/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈspɑrtn/ ΚΠ 1832 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 16 Aug. The discipline at Christ's Hospital in my time was ultra-Spartan. ultra-splendid adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈsplɛndɪd/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈsplɛndəd/ ΚΠ 1853 C. M. Yonge Heir of Redclyffe I. vii. 110 Really it is so ultra-splendid as to deserve notice! ultra-strict adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈstrɪkt/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈstrɪkt/ ΚΠ 1885 Spectator 18 July 945/2 He does not emulate the ultra-strict veracity of the Quaker. ultra-Tory adj. and n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈtɔːri/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈtɔri/ ΚΠ 1829 T. Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 41 Murray full of ultra-Tory predictions about Peel; that he is a ruined man [etc.]. 1833 J. W. Croker Let. 25 Mar. in T. E. Kebbel Hist. Toryism (1886) v. 254 [Sir R. Peel] foresaw that Radicals and ultra-Tories would unite against him. 1843 S. Smith Wks. (1850) 683 Let me beg of my dear Ultras not to imagine..that they could form an Ultra-tory Administration. 1854 Earl of Aberdeen 6 Jan. in Lett. Q. Victoria (1908) III. xxiii. 2 The base and infamous attacks made upon the Prince..chiefly..in those papers which represent ultra-Tory or extreme Radical opinions. 1862 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. VIII. vi. 109 The measures..hardly came up to the expectation of the ultra-Tories of that day [1819]. 1862 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. VIII. xviii. 320 The expectations of the ultra-Tory party that the Reform Bill [1832] would be repealed. 1908 Lett. Q. Victoria I. i. 6 The ultra-Tory party, who had opposed to the last the Emancipation of the Catholics and the Reform Bill. ultra-tropical adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈtrɒpᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈtrɑpək(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1848 E. A. Poe Eureka 83 On the Melville islands..we find traces of ultra-tropical vegetation. 1851 G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (1855) 438 Groves and forests of the luxuriant vegetation of an ultra-tropical climate were swept away by floods and inundations. ultra-violent adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈvʌɪələnt/ , /ˌʌltrəˈvʌɪəln̩t/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈvaɪ(ə)lənt/ ΚΠ 1972 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Mar. 5/3 Another standard argument for the ultraviolent film is that in real life, violence is not the gunshot flash and quick dissolve, [etc.]. b. In some special terms. ultra-brachy-cephalic adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəbrakɪsᵻˈfalɪk/ , /ˌʌltrəbrakɪkɛˈfalɪk/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌbrækisəˈfælɪk/ , /ˌəltrəˌbrækəsəˈfælɪk/ ΚΠ 1886 J. G. Garson in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 16 14 The..third group on either side is called ultradolichocephalic and ultrabrachycephalic respectively. 1900 tr. J. Deniker Races of Man ii. 58 (note) Cephalic index of the skull:..from 90 and upwards, ultra-brachycephalic. ultra-dolichocephalic adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˌdɒlᵻkəʊsᵻˈfalɪk/ , /ˌʌltrəˌdɒlᵻkəʊkɛˈfalɪk/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌdɑləkoʊsəˈfælɪk/ ultra-elliptic adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəᵻˈlɪptɪk/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəəˈlɪptɪk/ ΚΠ 1877 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers X. 162 Göpel and Rosenhain each connect the theory with that of the ultra-elliptic functions involving the radical √x[etc.]. c. Similarly with adverbs. ΚΠ 1871 D. M. Mulock Fair France i. 9 And what possible harm can it do a man to greet his neighbour civilly, even ultra-politely, rather than grumpily? 1883 G. Meredith Poems & Lyrics 139 All in honour still; Oh, all in honour, ultra-honourably! 4. With nouns in the same sense: a. Denoting persons.Many of these are adjectives used substantively. (a) ultra-anti n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈanti/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈænˌtaɪ/ , /ˌəltrəˈæn(t)i/ ΚΠ 1826 M. Edgeworth Thoughts on Bores in Janus 82 To have been near a blue.., would ruin you with an ultra-anti. ultra-Calvinist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈkalvᵻnɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈkælvənəst/ ΚΠ 1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 338 Whitgift..was, in modern language, an Ultra-Calvinist. ultra-Catholic n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈkaθ(ə)lɪk/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/ ΚΠ 1837 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. 28 71 The ultra-Catholics with their bigotry and pretensions to priestly domination. 1907 Cambr. Mod. Hist. X. xvi. 530 Belgium..was divided.., as it is still, into two irreconcilable parties, the ultra-Catholics or Clericals, and the Liberals. ultra-centralizer n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈsɛntrəlʌɪzə/ , /ˌʌltrəˈsɛntrl̩ʌɪzə/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈsɛntrəˌlaɪzər/ ΚΠ 1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 12 The struggles between ultra-centralizers and ultra-federalists. ultra-Christian n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈkrɪstʃən/ ΚΠ 1836 T. P. Thompson Let. 8 June in Exercises (1842) IV. 124 Among the names..are many, like Hermes, Nereus,..which modern ultra-christians would have thought formidably heathenish. ultra-educationist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃn̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃənɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃn̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃənɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌɛdʒəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nəst/ ΚΠ 1821 H. More in Roberts Mem. (1835) IV. 179 The ultra-educationist would despise these limits. ultra-exclusive n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəᵻkˈskluːsɪv/ , /ˌʌltrəɛkˈskluːsɪv/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəɪkˈsklusɪv/ , /ˌəltrəɪkˈskluzɪv/ , /ˌəltrəɛkˈsklusɪv/ , /ˌəltrəɛkˈskluzɪv/ ΚΠ 1834 M. Edgeworth Helen III. iii. 66 One born and bred such an ultra exclusive as Louisa Castlefort. ultra-feminist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈfɛmᵻnɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈfɛmənəst/ ΚΠ 1979 Maledicta 3 17 Even though many ultra-feminists have attacked you.., you still insist that women are superior to men. ultra-Goth n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈɡɒθ/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈɡɑθ/ ΚΠ 1866 G. Talbot in E. S. Purcell Life & Lett. A. P. de Lisle (1900) I. xv. 408 The [architectural] designs excited the admiration even of the Ultra-Goths present. ultra-Julian n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈdʒuːlɪən/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈdʒuljən/ , /ˌəltrəˈdʒuliən/ ΚΠ a1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan Ded. in Wks. (1833) XV. 108 Is it not so, my Tory, ultra-Julian? ultra-leftist adj. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈlɛftɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈlɛftəst/ ΚΠ 1947 Partisan Rev. 14 398 Gorky's became an ‘opposition school’ for ‘ultra~leftist’ Bolsheviks. 1971 Time 11 Oct. 13 As an ultra~leftist, of course, Wu would hardly expect a warm welcome from as revisionist a country as the Soviet Union. ultra-liberal n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈlɪb(ə)rəl/ , /ˌʌltrəˈlɪb(ə)rl̩/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈlɪb(ə)rəl/ ΚΠ 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 208 He is an ultra-liberal, quotes Cobbett, and goes rather too far. 1861 W. G. Clark in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 6 The ultra-liberals are blind to facts and consequences. ultra-Lutheran n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈluːθ(ə)rən/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈluθ(ə)rən/ ΚΠ 1857 E. B. Pusey Real Presence (1869) i. 112 The error of the Sacramentaries was opposed by the error of the Ultra-Lutherans. ultra-man n. Brit. /ˈʌltrəman/ , U.S. /ˈəltrəˌmæn/ ΚΠ 1816 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 15 552 The amateurs outrés of horse-racing, or ultra-men of the turf. ultra-modernist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈmɒdənɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈmɒdn̩ɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈmɑdərnəst/ ΚΠ 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 709/1 Let us not be ultra-modernists & assume that whence & whither..are dead & buried. ultra-nationalist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩əlɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩l̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃənl̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃ(ə)nəlɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈnæʃ(ə)nələst/ ΚΠ 1936 G. B. Shaw Millionairess Pref., in Simpleton, Six, & Millionairess 121 Only the stupidest or craziest ultra-Nationalists believe that people corralled within the same political frontier are all exactly alike. ultra-papist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈpeɪpɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈpeɪpᵻst/ ΚΠ 1852 S. R. Maitland Eight Ess. 158 ‘Just so,’ replies the ultra-papist; ‘I believe you’. ultra-patriot n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈpatrɪət/ , /ˌʌltrəˈpeɪtrɪət/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈpeɪtriət/ ΚΠ 1938 Times 17 Feb. 16/1 In private conversation business men will unequivocally express disapproval of the course of events, a minority of samurai-minded ultra-patriots being the only exceptions. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 May 602/4 De Mille and the ultra-patriots who had been smearing the guild's president..for opposing the introduction of a compulsory loyalty oath. ultra-pietist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈpʌɪᵻtɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈpaɪədəst/ ΚΠ 1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 136 The ultra pietists make a terrible outcry. ultra-pluralist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈplʊərəlɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈplʊərl̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈplɔːrəlɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈplɔːrl̩ɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈplʊrələst/ ΚΠ 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 334 If the number of livings be greater than two,..he may be termed an Ultra-Pluralist. ultra-Presbyterian n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəprɛzbᵻˈtɪərɪən/ , /ˌʌltrəprɛsbᵻˈtɪərɪən/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌprɛzbəˈtɪriən/ , /ˌəltrəˌprɛsbəˈtɪriən/ ΚΠ 1818 Q. Rev. 18 504 In the opinion of the ultra-presbyterians. ultra-Protestant n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈprɒtᵻst(ə)nt/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈprɑdəst(ə)nt/ ΚΠ 1835 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (1842) 501 The use of the ring in marriage used to be regarded as a remnant of Popery by ultra-protestants. 1841 A. P. de Lisle in E. S. Purcell Life & Lett. A. P. de Lisle (1900) I. xi. 208 That still more monstrous idea held by ultra-Protestants that the Catholick Church consists of all sects of nominal Christians. ultra-puritan n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈpjʊərᵻt(ə)n/ , /ˌʌltrəˈpjɔːrᵻt(ə)n/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈpjʊrətn/ ΚΠ 1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 49 The ultra-puritans regarded them as semi-papists. ultra-radical n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈradᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈrædək(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1834 C. C. F. Greville Mem. (1874) III. 54 Lord Wharncliffe..says that the constituency of the great towns is composed of ultra-Radicals. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. iii. 58 You're an ultra-Radical. ultra-rationalist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩əlɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩l̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈraʃənl̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrəˈraʃ(ə)nəlɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈræʃənl̩əst/ , /ˌəltrəˈræʃnələst/ ΚΠ 1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe 352 Mr. Bradley, for instance, is an ultra-rationalist. ultra-reactionary n. Brit. /ˌʌltrərɪˈakʃn̩(ə)ri/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəriˈækʃəˌnɛri/ ΚΠ 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. 114 At home, the virulence of the ultra-reactionaries..recommenced. ultra-republican n. Brit. /ˌʌltrərᵻˈpʌblᵻk(ə)n/ , U.S. /ˌəltrərəˈpəblək(ə)n/ , /ˌəltrəriˈpəblək(ə)n/ ΚΠ 1867 H. Latham Black & White Pref. p. vi They are the successful men, who have made money, and are not disposed to be ultra-Republicans in future. ultra-revolutionist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrərɛvəˈluːʃn̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrərɛvəˈluːʃənɪst/ , /ˌʌltrərɛvəˈljuːʃn̩ɪst/ , /ˌʌltrərɛvəˈljuːʃənɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌrɛvəˈluʃənəst/ ΚΠ 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XIII. 370/2 The progress of Hebert and the ultra-revolutionists was still more distasteful to him [Danton] than to Robespierre. ultra-rightist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈrʌɪtɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈraɪdᵻst/ ΚΠ 1976 New Yorker 8 Mar. 28/1 In 1973, he [sc. Lin Piao] became an ‘ultra-rightist’. ultra-Romanist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈrəʊmənɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈroʊmənəst/ ΚΠ 1848 Blackie in Class. Mus. V. 72 Dante..said many things in his divine poem..offensive to the ultra-Romanists. ultra-royalist n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈrɔɪəlɪst/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈrɔɪələst/ ΚΠ 1817 Ann. Reg. 1816 Gen. Hist. 109/2 The latter were accordingly eminently monarchical in their principles, and were invidiously branded with the title of ultra-royalists. 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 276 I dread the machinations of the ultra royalists and the Bourbon princes. 1819 H. M. Williams Lett. France 61 A party, too well known by the denomination of ultra-royalist. 1821 Edinb. Rev. 36 139 This ultra-royalist spirit, diffused by the priests and emigrants. 1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 26 Their intolerant and ultra-royalist principles. 1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors III. xcv. 454 It was thought fit to balance them by some determined ultra-royalists. ultra-Whig n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈwɪɡ/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈ(h)wɪɡ/ ΚΠ 1817 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 17 241 Such was the system of government established in France by the Perfect Emperor of the Ultra-Whigs and Extra-Reformers. (b) With adjective used as collective noun. ultra-feminine n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈfɛmᵻnᵻn/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈfɛmənən/ ΚΠ 1926 W. de la Mare Connoisseur & Other Stories 184 Mr. Thripp indeed was no lover of the ultra-feminine. ultra-left n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈlɛft/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈlɛft/ ΚΠ 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing xv. 186 He had discovered both its weaknesses as a play, and its ultra-Left tendency. ultra-right n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈrʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈraɪt/ ΚΠ 1977 Time 21 Nov. 39/3 She's willingly making herself a stalking horse for the ultra-right. b. Denoting actions, qualities. ultra-abolitionism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəabəˈlɪʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəabəˈlɪʃənɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌæbəˈlɪʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1858 H. Martineau Hist. Peru 169 The government was declared to have gone over to ultra-abolitionism. ultra-advocacy n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈadvəkəsi/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈædvəkəsi/ ΚΠ 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain II. ix. 656 Napier, in his ultra-advocacy of Soult, says [etc.]. ultra-Byronism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈbʌɪrənɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈbaɪrəˌnɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1831 Edinb. Rev. 54 387 He parades an ultra-Byronism. ultra-churchism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈtʃəːtʃɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈtʃərˌtʃɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1841 E. Miall in Nonconformist 1 73 In connection with Laudism and ultra-churchism. ultra-conscientiousness n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəkɒnʃɪˈɛnʃəsnəs/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌkɑn(t)ʃiˈɛn(t)ʃəsnəs/ ΚΠ 1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. I. ii. 70 I found myself..cultivating a perplexed ultra-conscientiousness with my mother. ultra-dandyism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈdandɪɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈdændiˌɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 2) II. i. 16 His ultra-dandyism of speech, dress, and manner, made his presence a sort of sine qua non in every merry meeting. ultra-discipline n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈdɪsᵻplᵻn/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈdɪsəplən/ ΚΠ 1863 A. Blomfield Mem. Bp. Blomfield I. iv. 106 Reports of his ultra-discipline..may have reached you. ultra-leftism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈlɛftɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈlɛfˌtɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1949 Horizon May 315 ‘Trotskyism’ (i.e., ultra-leftism). ultra-liberalism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈlɪb(ə)rəlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈlɪb(ə)rl̩ɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈlɪb(ə)rəˌlɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1835 J. E. Alexander Sketches in Portugal viii. 192 The priest..seized a musket by the barrel and hit him a crack with the butt over the head to show his ultra-liberalism, (priests being generally suspected of being anti-constitutional). 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 279 It is sickening to hear the unctuous talk with which now-a-days ultra-liberalism will sometimes stretch out a hand to spiritual tyranny. ultra-Lutheranism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈluːθ(ə)rənɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈluːθ(ə)rn̩ɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈluθ(ə)rəˌnɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1857 E. B. Pusey Real Presence (1869) i. 122 Amid the conflict of parties, the ‘Formula Concordiæ’ moderated the extremes of Ultra-Lutheranism. ultra-manner n. Brit. /ˈʌltrəˌmanə/ , U.S. /ˈəltrəˌmænər/ ΚΠ 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. v. 70 The account is singular and interesting, as a specimen of the highest ultra-manners of those times. ultra-marathon n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈmarəθ(ə)n/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈmɛrəˌθɑn/ ΚΠ 1977 J. F. Fixx Compl. Bk. Running xxiv. 268 Corbitt knows as much about long races—ultramarathons, runners call them—as anyone alive. ultra-nationalism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩əlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃn̩l̩ɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃənl̩ɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈnaʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈnæʃ(ə)nəˌlɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1949 Horizon June 398 Men who have grown old in the ways of self-interest and ultranationalism. ultra-orthodoxy n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈɔːθədɒksi/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈɔrθəˌdɑksi/ ΚΠ 1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ II. lvi. 417 With dexterous craft, the ultra-orthodoxy of the Pharisaic party allied itself with the discontented royalist faction. ultra-pluralism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈplʊərəlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈplʊərl̩ɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈplɔːrəlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈplɔːrl̩ɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈplʊrəˌlɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 336 In these cases of Ultra-Pluralism, whereabouts are the eyes of the Archbishop? ultra-Protestantism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈprɒtᵻstəntɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈprɑdəst(ə)nˌtɪzəm/ , /ˌəltrəˈprɑdəst(ə)n(t)ˌɪzəm/ ΚΠ 1839 J. S. Mill Let. 27 Dec. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 415 The principal peculiarity of this school is hostility to what they call ultra-Protestantism. 1842 E. B. Pusey Crisis Eng. Church 30 Cases in which persons who were going over from Ultra-Protestantism, have been thankful to be stayed, and found their rest in the true doctrines of our Church. 1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia iii. ii. 267 It is only our ultra Protestantism that involves us in these difficulties and absurdities. ultra-radicalism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈradᵻkəlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈradᵻkl̩ɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈrædəkəˌlɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1825 W. Hazlitt Spirit of Age 147 They are a relief to the mind..heated with ultra-radicalism. 1949 I. Deutscher Stalin 405 The Comintern was now indeed engaged in a mock fight. Its ultra-radicalism was so unreal. ultra-rationalism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩əlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈraʃn̩l̩ɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈraʃənl̩ɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈraʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈræʃənlˌɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌəltrəˈræʃnəˌlɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1899 W. S. Churchill Let. 19 Jan. in R. S. Churchill Winston S. Churchill (1969) II. Compan. i. p. xxvii Who should draw the line where the maximum of human pain and doubt may be allayed and the minimum of ultra-rationalism be incurred? 1946 Mind 55 109 This ultra-rationalism, as I may call it, put forward by Leibniz. ultra-refinement n. Brit. /ˌʌltrərᵻˈfʌɪnm(ə)nt/ , U.S. /ˌəltrərəˈfaɪnmənt/ , /ˌəltrəriˈfaɪnmənt/ ΚΠ 1847 W. C. L. Martin Ox 63/1 There is, perhaps, something of ultra-refinement in this view of the matter. ultra-remuneration n. Brit. /ˌʌltrərᵻˌmjuːnəˈreɪʃn/ , U.S. /ˌəltrərəˌmjunəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ ΚΠ 1816 J. Bentham Extract Constit. Code: Official Aptitude Maximized 12 Completely needless, and thence unjustifiable, is all such ultra-remuneration. ultra-ritualism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈrɪtʃʊəlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈrɪtʃᵿlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈrɪtʃl̩ɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈrɪtjʊəlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈrɪtjᵿlɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈrɪtʃ(əw)əˌlɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1865 Church Times 28 Oct. 341 The Puritan outcry about the ‘ultra-ritualism’ at St. Michael's Church. ultra-royalism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈrɔɪəlɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈrɔɪəˌlɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1815 Ann. Reg. Gen. Hist. 94 A preponderance of what is called ultra-royalism, which opposes the moderation of the court. ultra-speed n. Brit. /ˈʌltrəspiːd/ , U.S. /ˈəltrəˌspid/ ΚΠ 1963 C. R. Cowell et al. Inlays, Crowns, & Bridges ix. 103 Some operators..then undertake most of the rest of the preparation at ultra-speed. ultra-spiritualism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈspɪrᵻtʃᵿlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəˈspɪrᵻtʃl̩ɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈspɪrᵻtʃ(əw)əˌlɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1871 J. R. Lowell Pope in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 18 The ultra-spiritualism of the Puritans. ultra-supernaturalism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəsuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)rəlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəsjuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)rəlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəsuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩ɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌʌltrəsjuːpəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩ɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˌsupərˈnætʃ(ə)rəˌlɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1950 R. A. Knox Enthusiasm i. 2 If I could have been certain of the reader's goodwill, I would have called my tendency ‘ultrasupernaturalism’. For that is the real character of the enthusiast; he expects more evident results from the grace of God than we others. ultra-Toryism n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈtɔːrɪɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈtɔriˌɪz(ə)m/ ΚΠ 1829 T. Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 44 Some of the Handelian part of the selections might be called the ultra-Toryism of music. ultra-violence n. Brit. /ˈʌltrəˌvʌɪələns/ , /ˈʌltrəˌvʌɪəln̩s/ , U.S. /ˈəltrəˌvaɪ(ə)ləns/ ΚΠ 1962 ‘A. Burgess’ Clockwork Orange iii. vi. 180 There were like pictures of real horrorshow devotchkas, and I said I would like to give them the old in-out in-out with lots of ultra-violence. 1972 Times 6 May 9/2 It will serve as a textbook study of how to photograph acts of ultraviolence without giving offence. 1977 Time 24 Jan. 14/2 It was like an orgy of ‘ultra~violence’ from Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange... About 200 masked youths rioted last week in the industrial town of Mestre near Venice. 5. Denoting instruments adapted for very minute measurements, observations, etc., as ultra-micrometer. See also ultramicroscope n. ΚΠ 1928 Daily Express 22 June 6 Such instruments as the seismograph, ultra-micrometer, and torsion balance. Draft additions 1993 ultra-marathoner n. Brit. /ˌʌltrəˈmarəθənə/ , U.S. /ˌəltrəˈmɛrəˌθɑnər/ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > racing specific distance > runner miler1838 sprinter1841 quarter-miler1893 marathoner1908 half-miler1959 four-minute miler1963 ultra-marathoner1978 ultra-runner1978 1978 Washington Post 6 Jan. 28/1 Washington is the home of true running freaks like ultra-marathoner Edward Ayres, editor and publisher of ‘Running Times’ magazine. 1987 Running May 13/1 Ultramarathoner Donald Ritchie..already holds five world best times for distances between 40 and 100 miles. ultra-run n. Brit. /ˈʌltrərʌn/ , U.S. /ˈəltrəˌrən/ 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 1986 Los Angeles Times 13 Jan. iii. 16/1 About the only people to witness his accomplishments were those involved with the West Coast University ultra run on Dec. 26 in the Cerritos College Stadium. ultra-runner n. Brit. /ˈʌltrəˌrʌnə/ , U.S. /ˈəltrəˌrənər/ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > racing specific distance > runner miler1838 sprinter1841 quarter-miler1893 marathoner1908 half-miler1959 four-minute miler1963 ultra-marathoner1978 ultra-runner1978 1978 Washington Post 3 Sept. d13 I know only a few ultra runners. 1990 Sunday Times 30 Dec. 15/6 Ultrarunners used to be a rare breed in America, regarded as cranks or masochists. ultra-running n. Brit. /ˈʌltrəˌrʌnɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˈəltrəˌrənɪŋ/ 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 1978 J. Shapiro On Road vi. 126 Ultrarunning is an odd sport in a way because it is as wild..as the uninitiated might imagine. 1990 Times 21 June 40/1 An elite band of 200 athletes who will take part in the Sun Life Great Race, a hybrid of ultra running and city centre racing. Draft additions 1993 attributive or as quasi-adj. ultra-distance. Cf. long distance adj. a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [adjective] > types of foot racing sack racing1887 ultra-distance1977 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [adjective] > type of runner ultra-distance1977 1977 Runner's World Nov. 52/1 Run a sub-three-hour marathon every six to eight weeks as a means of maintaining..the psychological perspective endemic to ultra-distance runners. 1980 Washington Star 7 Aug. d6 Ultradistance running is much different than competing in marathons. When I started running in 1970, the 880 was called a run. Now it's become a sprint. The same is true of the marathon. Draft additions June 2006 ultra wideband n. Brit. /ˌʌltrə ˈwʌɪdband/ , U.S. /ˌəltrə ˈwaɪdˌbænd/ (also ultra wide band) Electronics and Telecommunications a very broad bandwidth; (in later use) spec. a radio communications technology which uses the transmission of very narrow and low-energy pulses over a broad bandwidth to achieve high communication speeds; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1943 Indian Jrnl. Physics 17 (title) 167 On the theory of performance of wide and ultra-wide band lattice type crystal band-pass filters containing stabilised negative impedance elements. 1989 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 4 Dec. 38 Rapid advances in ultra-wideband radar technology, while increasing the potential for detecting and imaging extremely small cross-section targets, have created a bitter controversy between the stealth community and proponents of new radar concepts. 2002 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Nov. b4/6 An entirely new communications technology, dubbed Ultra Wideband, that could be used for short-range communications by many consumer products, in addition to computing devices. 2005 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 26 Aug. 32 [It] specialises in ultra-wideband systems that transfer large amounts of data over short distances wirelessly and without interference from other signals. 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