Extremity /(?)/

Ex·trem·i·ty

Extremity

n.

pl. Extremities

  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.
  2. One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man. (Zoöl.)
  3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form.
  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.
    Upon mere extremity he summoned this last Parliament.