Extremity

Quick meaning: Extremity is a noun meaning The most extreme or furthest point of something.

Meaning

The most extreme or furthest point of something.

More Meanings

1. An extreme measure.
2. A hand or foot.
3. A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).

Example Sentences

Guillain–Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one’s extremities.

[B]eſtowe your love on him, who, were it not to do you ſervice, would through the extremitie of love rather wiſh to die then live.

Scrooge said that he would see him—yes, indeed he did. He went the whole length of the expression, and said that he would see him in that extremity [i.e., hell] first.

Any ſphere revolving as on an axis, muſt have two points on its ſurface at the extremities of its axis, that do not revolve at all; theſe points, with reſpect to the Earth, are called its poles.

Word Forms

• extremities
• extremitys

Synonyms for extremity

Depending on context, synonyms include tip, appendage, limb, member.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include member, appendage, extreme, terminus, end, sequential.

Related Dictionary Tools