·adj Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.
II. Extreme ·noun The first or the last term of a proportion or series.
III. Extreme ·adj Last; final; conclusive;
— said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.
IV. Extreme ·noun An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, ·etc.
V. Extreme ·noun The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.
VI. Extreme ·noun Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.
VII. Extreme ·adj At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
VIII. Extreme ·adj Extended or contracted as much as possible;
— said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth.
IX. Extreme ·adj The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly.
X. Extreme ·noun Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean;
— often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, ·etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet.