extremity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: extremity	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
extremity n an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" Synonym(s): extremity, appendage, member an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease) the greatest or utmost degree; "the extremity of despair" the outermost or farthest region or point that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extremity \Extrem"ity\, n.; pl. {Extremities}([?]). [L. extremitas: cf. F. extr[82]mit[82].] 1. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country. They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of Ethiopia. --Arbuthnot. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man. 3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. [bd]The extremity of bodily pain.[b8] --Ray. 4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity. Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a compulsion shall here be set in view. --Milton. Upon mere extremity he summoned this last Parliament. --Milton. Syn: Verge; border; extreme; end; termination.