Ex*trem"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Extremities(). [L. extremitas: cf. F. extr'emit'e.]
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. Zool.
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.
"The
extremity of bodily pain."
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.
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