单词 | in, to extremity |
释义 | > as lemmasin, to (an, the, that) extremity a. The extreme or utmost degree, that which reaches the utmost point. †Also in phrases in, to (an, the, that) extremity. Obsolete = extreme adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > highest, utmost, or extreme degree heightOE perfectiona1398 utterestc1410 uttermosta1425 tiptoec1440 pinnaclec1450 utmost1472 outmostc1535 extremity1543 abyss1548 top1552 furthest, utmost stretch1558 summa summarum1567 superlative1573 strain1576 extreme1595 fine1596 last1602 yondmost1608 super-superlative1623 pitch1624 utmostness1674 pink1720 supreme1817 ultima Thule1828 peak1902 1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 12 The kynge..is forced..to prosecute his saide ennemies, with the sworde to the extremitie of his power. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Extremitye of the lawe. Summum Ins. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 3 Which she must dote on, in extreamitie . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 141 Haplesse Egeon whom the fates haue markt To beare the extremitie of dire mishap. View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Rous Heavenly Acad. iii. 24 Having none of them, to suffer extremities of penurie and want. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. xvii. §5 In Derbyshire..the waters..clear to an extremity. 1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes Pref. sig. A4 Farce, the Extremitie of bad Poetry. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 55 The Weather was hot to Extremity. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 173 It was encreased to such a frightful Extremity. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xxiv. 708 The last extremities of thirst and hunger. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 449 (note) No more violent extremity of sin..can be described. < as lemmas |
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