Extremity \Ex*trem"i*ty\, n.; pl. Extremities(?). [L. extremitas: cf. F. extr['e]mit['e].]

1. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of Ethiopia. --Arbuthnot.

2. (Zo["o]l.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man.

3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. ``The extremity of bodily pain.'' --Ray.

4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity.

Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a compulsion shall here be set in view. --Milton.

Upon mere extremity he summoned this last Parliament. --Milton.

Syn: Verge; border; extreme; end; termination.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)