ultimity

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noun

The final stage or consequence; finality.

OriginLatin ultimatus →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounultimity (countable and uncountable, plural ultimities)

plural ultimities

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe final stage or consequence; finality.

    The constantest notion of .concoction is , that it should signify the degrees of alteration , of one body into another , from crudity to perfect concoction ; which is the ultimity of that action or process

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinultimus
  2. Latinultimatus
  3. Englishultimity

Latin ultimatus extremity, from Latin ultimus the last.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

mutility
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APA

ultimity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultimity

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ultimity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultimity.

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