extreme

Forms

1.Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
- At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.
2.In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
- He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.
3.Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
- His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.
- An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
4.Drastic, or of great severity.
- I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security.

1.The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.
2.Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
3.A drastic expedient.
- Some people go to extremes for attention on social media.
4.Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.

Uncommon· #2393

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French extreme

From Latin extrēmus, the superlative of exter.