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‖ non plus ultra|nɒn plʌs ˈʌltrə|
[L. = ‘not more beyond’. So used in Fr. (from 17th c.).]
= ne plus ultra 2, 2 b.
[1608Middleton Trick to catch Old One iv. F 3 b, Alwaies when we striue to be most politique we proue most cocskombs, Non plus vltra.] 1676Life Sarpi in Brent tr. Counc. Trent p. xci, The two Pyramides which were carved and ingraven by the knife of all the judicious with a non plus ultra. 1727Pope, etc. Art of Sinking i, The central Point, the non plus ultra, of true Modern Poesy. 1775Phil. Trans. LXVI. 136 No trace..of Roman servitude is to be met with in this district, except the ambiguous name of one mountain,..generally thought to have been the non plus ultra of the Roman arms on the Italian side. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. v. vi. I. 595 Seckendorf..witnesses with unfeigned admiration the non-plus-ultra of manœuvring. |