Meanings
adjectiveultime (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleteUltimate; final.
the true and ultime operations of Heat
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC1 more example
Nothing was wanting now to the perfecting of this League, but the ultime and compleating act, the solemn confirmation by Oath.
1654, Hamon L'Estrange, The Reign of King Charles
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Italic*oltm̥mos
- Latinultimu
- Frenchultime
- Englishultime
Borrowed from French ultime.
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APA
ultime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultime
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“ultime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultime. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ultime,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultime.
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