ultimity

English

Etymology

Latin ultimatus extremity, from Latin ultimus the last.

Noun

ultimity (countable and uncountable, plural ultimities)

  1. (obsolete) The final stage or consequence; finality.
    • 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:
      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

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