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Ultima

Ultima \Ul"ti*ma\, a. [L., fem. ultimus last.] Most remote; furthest; final; last.

Ultima ratio [L.], the last reason or argument; the last resort.

Ultima Thule. [L.] See Thule.

Ultima

Ultima \Ul"ti*ma\, n. [L., fem. of ultimus last.] (Gram. & Pros.) The last syllable of a word.

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ultima

n. (context grammar prosody English) The final syllable of a word.

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Ultima (series)

Ultima is a series of open world fantasy role-playing video games from Origin Systems, Inc. Ultima was created by Richard Garriott, a.k.a. Lord British. Several games of the series are considered seminal entries in their genre. Electronic Arts currently own the brand.

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Ultima (linguistics)

In linguistics, the ultima is the last syllable of a word, the penult is the next-to-last syllable, and the antepenult is third-from-last syllable. In a word of three syllables, the names of the syllables are antepenult-penult-ultima.

Usage examples of "ultima".

Radado formed the western end of a great ancipital migratory route which stretched across the whole of Campannlat, the ultima Thule to which the creatures came in the summer of every Great Year, to go about their unfathomable rituals, or simply to squat motionless, staring across the Cadmer Straits towards Hespagorat, towards a destination unknown to other life forms.

Revuelta is a wealthy Cuban expatriate who is suspected of financing Ultima Hora, a group of Cuban mercenaries bent upon retaking the island.

But during his three-hour period each day, he drilled his Ultima Hora for their forays into Cuba.

Please tell Uncle Sam for me that Ultima Hora remains firmly on the agreed-upon timetable.

Ultima Hora was a dry highland surrounded by mangrove-festooned sentries, standing ankle-deep in stagnant water.

He had wanted the guy who gave the orders to have Ultima Hora slaughtered.

Master of Sinanju heard the scream while he was making the soldiers of Ultima Hora hors de combat.

Ultima Hora force trapped in the hold, milling about, their arms hanging numb at their sides.

Inasmuch as there seem to have been few survivors among Ultima Hora and the Beasley operatives, the suppression of the truth will be comparatively easy.

Ultima die mensis istius circa meridiem maximi imbres, tonitrua, grandines.

An inner voice whined that he might have been around long enough to ball ol' Ultima, but she scolded herself that she had a lot of nerve fretting over infidelity on the very sofa where she and Spike.

You may be Miss Blank, subsisting in a bed-sitting-room without very much to live for or many people to care whether you live or not, but for a pound or two a year you can battle for lost causes, sail beyond Ultima Thule, ascend into the stratosphere, love and be courted, adorn a glittering throng with your glamorous presence, tumble over a corpse on the mat, probe the mystery of the Poisoned Penwiper, and never have a dull moment.

Also, there are vast areas, like rural America, that are an unmapped ultima Thule to those who own the corporations that own the media that spend billions of dollars to take polls in order to elect their lawyers to high office.

There was a bare mention of the place, but the chronicler had one curious note: Insula Avium, quae est ultima insula et proximo abysso.

It contained the original technical documentation for the beta version of the Ultima Model B.