单词 | non ultra |
释义 | † non ultran. Obsolete. A furthest point or limit; = ne plus ultra n. 1a. 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 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Suche as read Non vltra, on Hercules pillers. c1600 Timon (1980) i. iv. 11 At Gades I washt away Non Vltra writt with Hercules owne hand.] ?1606 Trag. Cæsar & Pompey ii. iv. sig. D2 Heere will I pitch the pillars of my fame, Heere the non vltra of my labors write. 1611 B. Jonson Char. Authour in T. Coryate Crudities sig. b3v To giue the Non vltra of him in a word, he is so Substantiue an Author as will stand by himselfe. a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 354 I left this Ode..as the Non ultra of my Travells. 1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal iv. 34 Is not that good language now? is not that elevate? It's my non ultra, I gad. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 11 Let not the Law of thy Country be the non ultra of thy Honesty. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. vii. 357 Now light is at our journey's end, arrived at its non ultra, there being no part..disposed to transmit it any further. 1758 J. Reed Madrigal & Trulletta i. i. 5 This may be stiled, in Mr. Bayes's phrase, the poetical non ultra. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?1606 |
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