extremity

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English extremite, from Old French extremité, from Latin extrēmitātem (“extremity; border, perimeter; ending”), from extrēmīs (“furthest, extreme”) + -itās (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being); see extreme. Extrēmīs is derived from exter (“external, outward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”)) + -issimus (superlative suffix) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-is- (comparative suffix) + *-(t)m̥mo- (absolutive case suffix)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭkstrĕ'mĭtē, IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɹɛmɪti/, /ɛk-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɹɛməti/, /-ɾi/ Hyphenation: ex‧tre‧mi‧ty === Noun === extremity (countable and uncountable, plural extremities or (obsolete) extremitys) The most extreme or furthest point of something. [from c. 1400] Synonym: tip An extreme measure. A hand or foot. [from early 15th c.] A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”). [from early 15th c.] Synonyms: appendage, limb ==== Derived terms ==== extremital ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== extremities on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “extremity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “extremity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.