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Ne plus ultra   Listen
noun
Ne plus ultra  n.  
1.
The uttermost point to which one can go or attain; hence, the summit of achievement; the highest point or degree; the acme.
2.
A prohibition against proceeding further; an insuperable obstacle or limiting condition. (Obs. or R.)





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"Ne plus ultra" Quotes from Famous Books



... think, sheep-noses, and one kind of apple that I can't find any more, though I have sought it carefully. It was the finest apple I ever set a tooth in. It was the juiciest and the spiciest apple. It had sort of a rollicking flavor to it, if you know what I mean. It certainly was the ne plus ultra of an apple. And the name of it was the rambo. Dear me, how good it was! think I'd sooner have one right now than great riches. And all these apples they kept in the apple-hole. You went out and uncovered ...
— Back Home • Eugene Wood


Words linked to "Ne plus ultra" :   state, intactness, fare-thee-well, polish, dream, culture, flawlessness, imperfect, perfection, refinement, perfect, imperfection


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