Extremity | Mean of extremity in English Dictionary
/ɪkˈstrɛməti/
- Noun
- a hand or foot
- You will feel the effects of the cold in your extremities. [=hands and feet]
- the farthest limit, point, or part of something
- We lived on the island's westernmost extremity. [=the part of the island that is farthest to the west]
- a very great or extreme degree or amount of something (such as emotion or pain)
- The extremity of her grief is impossible to imagine.
- They endured extremities of suffering. [=they endured extreme suffering]