ne plus ultran.

Brit.

/ˌniː plʌs ˈʌltrə/,

/ˌneɪ plʊs ˈʊltrɑː/, U.S.

/ˌni ˌpləs ˈəltrə/,

/ˌneɪ ˌplʊs ˈʊltrə/

Forms: 1600s nè plus ultrà, 1600s– ne plus ultra.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ne plus ultra.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin ne plus ultra ‘(let there) not (be) more (sailing) beyond’, alleged to have been inscribed on the Pillars of Hercules (Straits of Gibraltar) < classical Latin nē (see ne adv.¹) + plūs more (see plus prep., n., adv., and adj.) + ultra ultra prep. Compare French nec plus ultra (18th cent.). Compare slightly earlier non plus ultra n.

a. The furthest point or limit reached or attainable; an impassable obstacle, limit, or boundary. Also: the limit of a person's capacity or endurance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > limit of spatial extension or progress

stint1509

ne plus ultra1637

ne plus1665

1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione p. xiii In glory matching this Then Thule no more Shall be th' earths ne plus ultra, bound or dore.

1651 E. Prestwich Hippolitus 72 But now I at a ne plus ultra am, Nor know I how they to their lodgings came.

1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless II. xix. 227 Mr. Munden often found himself at his ne plus ultra, but was not in the least disconcerted at it.

1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. xxvii Cape Nam, as its name intimates, was then the Ne plus ultra of European navigation.

1805 ‘E. de Acton’ Nuns of Desert II. 182 It might be supposed that the gentry of Ivy Tower would now have found themselves at their ne plus ultra.

1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xxix. 418 Victory point; being the ‘ne plus ultra’ of our labour.

1929 J. Buchan Courts of Morning iii. iv. 339 I don't think they can be allowed to come so far. I've selected the Tennis Court as the ne plus ultra.

1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 May 570/2 We reach a ne plus ultra when a Mercurian masque disguises the ultimate crime of rebellion against the divinely appointed sovereign.

1993 Radical Hist. Rev. Fall 33 (title) Ne plus ultra imperialism.

b. A peak of perfection; the pinnacle of achievement; the acme, paragon, or final culmination (of a quality or thing).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > peak of perfection

perfection1340

pointc1400

pinnaclec1450

firmament1526

tipe1548

vertical point1559

acmea1568

status1577

summity1588

sublimation1591

turret1593

topgallant1597

non ultra?1606

vertical1611

non plus ultra1647

ne ultraa1657

verticle1658

summit1661

ne plus ultra1664

ne plus1665

nonplus1670

tip-top1702

pink1720

sublime1748

eminencea1854

it1896

1664 J. Wilson Cheats v. i. 63 Now Madam, you have seen the Ne plus ultra of Art.

1679 T. Kirke Mod. Acct. Scotl. 7 Away with them to the Grammar School, viz. the Colledge where in three or four yeare time they attain to (their ne plus ultra) the degree of A.M. that is.

1736 Ld. Chesterfield Misc. Wks. (1777) I. 2 This example should hinder one from thinking any thing brought to its ne plus ultra of perfection.

1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. ix. 138 The populace..have arrived to their ne plus ultra of insolence.

1823 W. Scott Let. 14 Feb. (1934) VII. 330 It may be called the ne plus ultra of bell-ringing.

1893 Nation (New York) 29 June 469/2 The people of Leinster..do not vaunt Dublin as the ne-plus-ultra of cities.

1930 Movie Makers Feb. 89/1 It would appear that talkies are destined to be the ne plus ultra of home entertainment.

1983 C. Thubron Among Russians (1985) ii. 42 In the fascination of young Russians for Western things, jeans are the ne plus ultra of the modish, cult and modern.

2001 J. Diamond C: Because Cowards get Cancer Too (new ed.) vii. 129 Evans was..sui generis, he was the ne plus ultra, he was the man.

2. A command to go no further; a prohibition of further advance or action. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > boundary which cannot be passed

non plus ultra1631

ne ultraa1657

ne plus ultrac1661

red line1975

c1661 Argyle's Last Will in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 27/1 That Bound-mark of Presbytery, its ne plus Ultra, Hitherto shall you go and no further.

1664 J. Worthington Life Mede in J. Mede Wks. I. p. xxiv To look upon their Resolves as if they were Hercules's Pillars with a Nè plus ultrà upon them.

1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. iii. 72 Harry..gave master such a whirrick, that his cries instantly sounded the ne plus ultra to such kind of diversions.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 340 The ne plus ultra land and sea marks of jealous Phœnician monopoly.

1923 A. N. Wilder Battle-Retrospect 42 We, bearing in us the decree of God, The ne plus ultra to the mindless urge Of the unordered universe, the surge Of Chaos, to that shelving border trod.

3. An unsurpassable or superior person (in quot. 1672, such persons collectively). rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > fact of being unparalleled or unique > that which is unique > a unique thing or person > person

sans-peer1426

nonsicut1621

non-parallel1631

nonsuch1646

no (none) such1647

ne plus ultra1672

unique1728

1672 Earl of Clarendon Ess. in Tracts (1727) 237 Since men have looked upon the ancients as fallible writers, and not as upon those Ne plus ultra, that could not be exceeded.

1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes vii. 151 Uncle Simbo..was a genuine democrat with friends ranging from a Mafia driver..to the ne plus ultras that surrounded Aunt Ernesta.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ne plus ultra
释义	ne plus ultran. Brit. /ˌniː plʌs ˈʌltrə/, /ˌneɪ plʊs ˈʊltrɑː/, U.S. /ˌni ˌpləs ˈəltrə/, /ˌneɪ ˌplʊs ˈʊltrə/ Forms: 1600s nè plus ultrà, 1600s– ne plus ultra. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ne plus ultra. Etymology: < post-classical Latin ne plus ultra ‘(let there) not (be) more (sailing) beyond’, alleged to have been inscribed on the Pillars of Hercules (Straits of Gibraltar) < classical Latin nē (see ne adv.¹) + plūs more (see plus prep., n., adv., and adj.) + ultra ultra prep. Compare French nec plus ultra (18th cent.). Compare slightly earlier non plus ultra n. 1. a. The furthest point or limit reached or attainable; an impassable obstacle, limit, or boundary. Also: the limit of a person's capacity or endurance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > limit of spatial extension or progress stint1509 ne plus ultra1637 ne plus1665 1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione p. xiii In glory matching this Then Thule no more Shall be th' earths ne plus ultra, bound or dore. 1651 E. Prestwich Hippolitus 72 But now I at a ne plus ultra am, Nor know I how they to their lodgings came. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless II. xix. 227 Mr. Munden often found himself at his ne plus ultra, but was not in the least disconcerted at it. 1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. xxvii Cape Nam, as its name intimates, was then the Ne plus ultra of European navigation. 1805 ‘E. de Acton’ Nuns of Desert II. 182 It might be supposed that the gentry of Ivy Tower would now have found themselves at their ne plus ultra. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xxix. 418 Victory point; being the ‘ne plus ultra’ of our labour. 1929 J. Buchan Courts of Morning iii. iv. 339 I don't think they can be allowed to come so far. I've selected the Tennis Court as the ne plus ultra. 1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 May 570/2 We reach a ne plus ultra when a Mercurian masque disguises the ultimate crime of rebellion against the divinely appointed sovereign. 1993 Radical Hist. Rev. Fall 33 (title) Ne plus ultra imperialism. b. A peak of perfection; the pinnacle of achievement; the acme, paragon, or final culmination (of a quality or thing). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > peak of perfection perfection1340 pointc1400 pinnaclec1450 firmament1526 tipe1548 vertical point1559 acmea1568 status1577 summity1588 sublimation1591 turret1593 topgallant1597 non ultra?1606 vertical1611 non plus ultra1647 ne ultraa1657 verticle1658 summit1661 ne plus ultra1664 ne plus1665 nonplus1670 tip-top1702 pink1720 sublime1748 eminencea1854 it1896 1664 J. Wilson Cheats v. i. 63 Now Madam, you have seen the Ne plus ultra of Art. 1679 T. Kirke Mod. Acct. Scotl. 7 Away with them to the Grammar School, viz. the Colledge where in three or four yeare time they attain to (their ne plus ultra) the degree of A.M. that is. 1736 Ld. Chesterfield Misc. Wks. (1777) I. 2 This example should hinder one from thinking any thing brought to its ne plus ultra of perfection. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. ix. 138 The populace..have arrived to their ne plus ultra of insolence. 1823 W. Scott Let. 14 Feb. (1934) VII. 330 It may be called the ne plus ultra of bell-ringing. 1893 Nation (New York) 29 June 469/2 The people of Leinster..do not vaunt Dublin as the ne-plus-ultra of cities. 1930 Movie Makers Feb. 89/1 It would appear that talkies are destined to be the ne plus ultra of home entertainment. 1983 C. Thubron Among Russians (1985) ii. 42 In the fascination of young Russians for Western things, jeans are the ne plus ultra of the modish, cult and modern. 2001 J. Diamond C: Because Cowards get Cancer Too (new ed.) vii. 129 Evans was..sui generis, he was the ne plus ultra, he was the man. 2. A command to go no further; a prohibition of further advance or action. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > boundary which cannot be passed non plus ultra1631 ne ultraa1657 ne plus ultrac1661 red line1975 c1661 Argyle's Last Will in Harl. Misc. (1746) VIII. 27/1 That Bound-mark of Presbytery, its ne plus Ultra, Hitherto shall you go and no further. 1664 J. Worthington Life Mede in J. Mede Wks. I. p. xxiv To look upon their Resolves as if they were Hercules's Pillars with a Nè plus ultrà upon them. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. iii. 72 Harry..gave master such a whirrick, that his cries instantly sounded the ne plus ultra to such kind of diversions. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 340 The ne plus ultra land and sea marks of jealous Phœnician monopoly. 1923 A. N. Wilder Battle-Retrospect 42 We, bearing in us the decree of God, The ne plus ultra to the mindless urge Of the unordered universe, the surge Of Chaos, to that shelving border trod. 3. An unsurpassable or superior person (in quot. 1672, such persons collectively). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > fact of being unparalleled or unique > that which is unique > a unique thing or person > person sans-peer1426 nonsicut1621 non-parallel1631 nonsuch1646 no (none) such1647 ne plus ultra1672 unique1728 1672 Earl of Clarendon Ess. in Tracts (1727) 237 Since men have looked upon the ancients as fallible writers, and not as upon those Ne plus ultra, that could not be exceeded. 1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes vii. 151 Uncle Simbo..was a genuine democrat with friends ranging from a Mafia driver..to the ne plus ultras that surrounded Aunt Ernesta. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1637
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