extremity
noun
[ ɪkˈstrɛmɪti ]
• the furthest point or limit of something.
• "the peninsula's western extremity"
Similar:
limit,
end,
edge,
side,
farthest point,
boundary,
border,
frontier,
boundary line,
bound,
bounding line,
partition line,
demarcation line,
end point,
cut-off point,
termination,
perimeter,
circumference,
outside,
outline,
confine,
periphery,
outskirts,
margin,
brink,
rim,
lip,
fringe,
verge,
threshold,
compass,
bourn,
marge,
skirt,
ambit,
• the degree to which something is extreme.
• "the extremity of the violence concerns us"
Similar:
intensity,
high degree,
magnitude,
acuteness,
ferocity,
vehemence,
fierceness,
violence,
severity,
seriousness,
strength,
power,
powerfulness,
potency,
vigour,
force,
forcefulness,
gravity,
graveness,
severeness,
grievousness,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French extremite or Latin extremitas, from extremus ‘utmost’ (see extreme).
