ultime 
ultimet (nl'tim), a. [< V. ultime = Sp. lillimo = 
Pg. It. Illtilllll, < \1. ll/tlllllix, hist: SI'C llltlllllltl-.\ 
Kant; limit; ultimate. llticnit. N;it. Hist., $!)!). 
Nnthing was wanting now to tlir pcrfiM-tiiig of this 
l.r.i-ll.- lull lln tii'nm' iilnl runipl'iltillK OCt, the Solemn 
continuation by oath. 
;/ L'A(ra)V, I'' Wi of K. Charles (ed. 1665), p. 105. 
ultimityt (ul-tim'i-ti), a. [< ML. i<itiniit<i(t-)g, 
< L. ultima.*, last: see nil nm, iillimnti-.] The 
last stage or consequence. Bacon, Nat. Hist., 
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ultimo (iil'ti-ino), (/r. [L., al)l. sing. masc. (KC. 
MUM, BOD til) of iiltiiiiii.i, hist : sec iiltimi .] In 
the month which preceded the present; in the 
last month, as distinguished from the current 
or present month and all others. It Is usually ab- 
breviated 'ill. a, on the 12th nil. that la, on the i Mh 
day 'In the last month,' ultimo being a Latin adjective 
agreeing with iiieuxf, inontli, understood. Compare in- 
stant, a., 1, and proximo. 
ultimogeniture (ul'ti-mo-jen'i-tur), . [< L. 
ultiiniut, last, + geiiitura, geniture.] A system 
of inheritance, such as is called in England 
boroiii/li-Kiu/li.*/!, by which the youngest son suc- 
ceeds to the estate : opposed to primogeniture. 
ultimus hseres (ul'ti-mus he'rez). [L.: ulti- 
ii< H*. last; hseres, licres, heir: see ultimate and 
Iteir.] In laic, the last or final heir. Thus, in 
cases of Intestate succession, failing relations of every 
kind, the succession devolves on the state or crown as 
iilliitni* tucrt*. 
ultion (ul'slion), it. [< OF. ultion, < L. ultio(n-), 
an avenging, < ulcisci, pp. ultus, take vengeance 
on, punish.] Revenge. 
To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge, 
. . . and to do good for evil n soft and melting ultion, a 
method taught from heaven, to keep all smooth upon earth. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., 111. 12. 
ultra (ul'tril), a. and ti. [< ultra-, q.v.] I. a. Ex- 
treme; extravagant; fanatical: as, ultra mea- 
sures. 
The extreme or Ultra party. 
Mil ,,iu n, Latin Christianity. 
II. n. One who advocates extreme views or 
measures; an extremist; an ultraist. 
The "Ultras" would have owned him for their leader, 
and would have admitted that he went beyond them in the 
uncompromising consistency of his extravagant dogmas. 
Brougham, Hist. Sketches, Burke. 
ultra-. [< L. ultra, adv. beyond, further, more- 
over, more, besides, prep, beyond, on the fur- 
ther side, past ; orig. fern. abl. of ulter, on the 
other side : see ulterior, ultimate. Hence ultra, 
a. and n., and outrage 1 .] A Latin preposition 
used as a prefix, signifying 'beyond.' (a) Beyond; 
on the further side of : chiefly with words implying natu* 
ral objects forming great barriers, boundaries, or land- 
marks : as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane. (6) 
Exceedingly; excessively; beyond what is reasonable, 
natural, or right : with words admitting of degrees, es- 
pecially political and polemical terms: as, ultraconserva- 
tlve, wtraliberal, u/traradical, u/tracatholic. 
ultrabernoullian (ul*trii-ber-n8'lian), a. Re- 
sulting from an extension of the theory of Ber- 
noullian numbers __ Ultrabernoullian numbers, 
the coefficients of the development 
Ultracapillary (ul-tra-kap'i-la-ri), a. In bot., 
exceedingly slender; composed of exceedingly 
fine capillary filaments: as, an ultracapiliary 
thallus. 
ultracentenarianism (ul-tra-sen-te-na'ri-an- 
izm), H. The state or condition of living to 
the age of more than one hundred years. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XX. 97. [Rare.] 
ultraclassical (ul-tra-klas'i-kal), a. Being ex- 
cessively classical, or classical to an extreme or 
exaggerated degree: as, an ultraclassical mu- 
sical composition. 
ultraconservatism (ul"tra-kon-s6r'va-tiztn), n. 
Unreasonable conservatism; extreme opposi- 
tion to innovation or change. 
ultraconservative (ul'trS-kon-ser'va-tiv), a. 
Conservative in the extreme." 
ultracosmopolitan ( ul-trft-koz-mo-pol ' i-tan), 
a. Cosmopolitan in an extreme or offensive 
degree. Aric Princeton Rev., I. 2. 
ultracritical (ul-trji-krit'i-kal), a. Excessively 
critical ; over-critical. 
ultra-elliptic (ul'tra-e-lip'tik), a. Hyperellip- 
tic. 
ultrafashionable (ul-trfi-fash'on-a-bl), a. 
Fashionable in the extreme; over-fashionable. 
ultrafederalist (ul-tra-fod'e-ral-ist), w. In 
r. .S. hint., an extreme federalist. 
ultra-gaseous (ul-h-ji-gas'e-us), . See radiant 
mutter, under radiant. 
ultrage (nl'traj),. [< ML. H/bY/f/iK/H, < L. ultra. 
beyoud: see outrage^,'] Outrage. 
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ultraism (ul'trft-izm), n. [< ultra- + -ixm.~\ 1. 
The principles of ultras, or men who advocate 
extreme measures, as a radical reform, etc. 
New Ktmhuid Sfnators and Representatives have, from 
the very Idea of their ultrainn, little or no direct weight 
in Congress. WeiuteU I'hiUipt, Speeches, etc., p. 844. 
2. An extreme or radical statement or action. 
We would also, in spite of some ultraiani in thought 
and language, . . . recommend heartily the papers <jf hi. 
Forbes. Dr. J. Brown, Spare Hours, 3d ser., p. 98. 
ultraist (ul'tni-ist), . [< ultra- + -ist.] An 
ultra; an extremist. 
ultramarine (ul'tra-ma-ren'), n. and a. [= Sp. 
Pg. ultnimiirino, < L. ultra, beyond, + marinun, 
marine.] I. n. 1. A beautiful natural blue pig- 
ment, obtained from the mineral lapis lazuli, a 
variety of haiiyne. This stone occurs in Siberia, Per- 
sia, Tibet, and some other localities. (See liijiix lazuli, un- 
der lapit.) Small golden specks of Iron pyrites are usually 
scattered through It. To prepare the pigment, selected 
pieces are heated, and cooled in water, producing disinte- 
gration. The powder is then purifled by repeated wash- 
ings, the several wash-waters depositing pigmenU of dif- 
ferent depths of color, the gray powder known as ultra- 
marine ash being the last and least valuable product I'l- 
tnunarine is very permanent under all conditions, and is, 
in color, the purest blue available. Its use is limited, how- 
ever, by Its great cost, and also by the fact that artincial 
ultramarine is practically as valuable. The color of both 
natural and artificial ultramarine is a rather dark and in- 
tensely chromatic violet blue. The natural ultramarine 
Is only slightly violet, the artificial Is very much so. Also 
called lazulite-blue. 
2. Azure-stone Artificial ultramarine, the com- 
mon ultramarine of commerce, prepared by grinding to- 
gether a mixture of clay, carbonate of soda, sulphur, and 
rosin : discovered about 1830 by the chemist Gmelin, and 
now produced on a large scale In Germany, France, and 
the United States. The mixture is heated in closed cru- 
cibles in a furnace for several hours, and slowly cooled. A 
greenish porous cake is the product. This is the green 
ultramarine of commerce. The material is again pow- 
dered and again subjected to calcination, when upon cool- 
lug there results the proper blue color. It has never 
been determined to what cause this color is due. Certain 
variations in the proportion of the ingredients produce 
violet-blue colors. Also French, Gvimet, new, and perma- 
nent blue. Green ultramarine. See artificial ultrama- 
rine, above. Native ultramarine. Same as def. 1. 
Yellow ultramarine, barium chromate. See barium. 
II. a. Situated or being beyond the sea. 
The loss of the ultramarine colonies lightened the ex- 
penses of France. Burke, State of the Nation. 
Ultramarine ashes, the residuum of lapis lazuli after 
the ultramarine has been extracted, used as a pigment by 
some old masters as a middle or neutral tint for flesh, 
skies, and draperies : It is a purer and tenderer gray 
than that produced by mixture of more positive colors. 
FairhoU. Ultramarine blue, sec L Ultramarine 
green. 8ee^reil. 
ultramicroscopic, ultramicroscopical (ul-trft- 
mi-kro-skop'ik, -i-kal), a. Beyond the power of 
a microscope to make visible ; too small to bo 
seen with a microscope. Amer. Meteor. Jour., 
III. 131. 
ultramontane (ul-tra-mon'tan), a. and n. [= F. 
ultramontain = Sp. Pg. It. ultramoi>tano, <fNL. 
'ultramontanu.?, < L. ultra, beyond, + montanun, 
of or pertaining to a mountain, < mou(t-)s, 
mountain. Cf. transmontane.] I. a. Being or 
lying beyond the mountains; tramontane: op- 
posed to eismontane. Specifically (a) Lying or be- 
longing to the north of the Alps, In reference to Italy : the 
sense in which the epithet was originally used. Tramon- 
tane is now more generally employed. (6) Lying to the 
south of the Alps that is, beyond the mountains as re* 
gards the countries to the north of the Alps ; Italian : spe- 
cifically, of or belonging to the Italian party in the Church 
of Rome; holding the doctrines of ultramontanlBm. 
Ultramontane party, In German politico, the Center 
party, which opposes legislation supposed to be Inimical 
to the Church of Rome. 
II. n. One who resides beyond the moun- 
tains; a foreigner. Specifically (a) Formerly, one 
who resided north of the Alps ; hence, one who maintains 
the rights of the northern churches, as the Galilean, in 
opposition to the claims of universal supremacy put forth 
for the popes ; one who is unfavorable to papal claims of 
supremacy and infallibility. 
He is an ultramontane, of which sort there hath been 
none [no pope) these fifty years. Bacon, Obs. on a Libel. 
To the petition of the Bannerets of Rome fora promo- 
tion of Cardinals, he [Pope Urban VI.) openly avowed his 
design to make so large a nomination that the Italians 
should resume their ascendancy over the Ultramontane*. 
Milman, Latin Christianity, xiii. 1. 
CO One who resides south of the Alps, or who Identifies 
himself with the Italian party In the Roman Catholic 
Church, and maintains the doctrine of absolute papal su- 
premacy. See ultramontaninn. 
To the Ultramontane, holding that the temporal welfare 
no less than the eternal salvation of men depends on sub- 
mission to the Church, it is Incredible that Church-author- 
ity has but a transitory value. 
H. Spencer, Study of Sociol., p. 299. 
ultramontanism (id-trii-mon'ta-nizra), n. [= 
F. ultrtimontaiiiume = Sp. Pg. ultramontanismo ; 
as ultramontane + -i.?iw.] The doctrines of ul- 
tramontanes; the views of that party in the 
Church of Borne which places an absolute au- 
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thority in matters of faith and discipline in the 
hands of the Pope, in opposition to the views 
of that parly which would place the national 
churches, such as the Galilean, in partial inde- 
pendence of the Roman curia, and make the 
Pope subordinate to the statutes of an ecumen- 
ical council. According to ultramontanUm, the Pope 
Is superior to general councils, Independent of their de- 
crees, and Is considered to be the source of all jurisdiction 
In the church. The Vatican Council of 1H89-70 virtually 
established the views of ultramontanism as dogmas of tin 
Human Catholic Church. 
ultramontanist (ul-tra-mon'td-nist >, . [< ul- 
triiiii'iiitiiue + -int.'] One of the ultramontane 
party; a promoter of ultramontanism. 
ultramundane (ul-tra-mun'dan), a. [< L. ul- 
tra, beyoud, + mundug, world: see mundane.} 
1 . Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits 
of the solar system : as, ultramundane spaces. 
Boyle, Works, V. 140. 
These atoms [all atoms In space] he [Le SageJ calls tiltra- 
mundane corpuscles, because he conceives them to come 
in all directions from regions far beyond that part of the 
system of the world which is in any way known to us. 
Kneye. Brit., III. 46. 
2. Being beyond this world, or the physical 
sphere of existence. 
ultranominalistic (ul-tr&-uom'i-ua-lis'tik), a. 
Maintaining that nothing is real but individual 
substances, and that all resemblances and other 
relations are words, and nothing more. 
ultrapartizan (ul-tril-par'ti-zan), a. Partizan 
in the extreme; offensively partizan. 
ultra-Pauline (ul-tra-pa'lm), a. Excessively 
Pauline; rigidly attached to the doctrines of 
the apostle Paul. The Congregationalist. June 
28, 1883. 
ultra-Protestant (ul-tril-prot'es-tant), a. 
Protestant in the extreme. 
ultra-Protestantism (ul-tra-prot'es-tan-tizm), 
n. Ultra-Protestant doctrines or methods. 
A spirit of nlini 1'ri.in.inniitin mingled with and became 
an animating principle of the opposition which was raised 
against his [James II. 'sj assaults upon the constitution. 
Sir E. Creaiy, Eng. Const, p. 276. 
ultra-red (ul'tra-red), a. Beyond the red: used 
of the invisible heat-rays, less refrangible than 
those forming the lower or red part of the spec- 
trum, more commonly called the infra-red rays. 
See spectrum. 
Ultra-religious (ul*tra-re-lij'us), a. Religious 
in the extreme ; excessively religious. 
They were all prophetical, Torylsh, ultra rtliyiout. 
Cartyle, fn Fronde (First Forty Years), 1L Till 
Ultra-sensual (ul-trii-sen'su-al), a. Above or 
beyond the sensual. Carlyle, in Fronde (First 
Forty Years), II. xvi. 
ultra-violet (ul'tra-vi'o-let), a. Beyond the 
violet: used of the invisible rays of the spec- 
trum which are more refrangible than the vio- 
let, and consequently lie beyond them. See 
spectrum. 
Ultra vires (ul'tra vi'rez). [L. : ultra, beyond 
(see ultra-); rires, ace. pi. of vis, strength, 
power: see vim.] Beyond one's power; spe- 
cifically, beyond the legal or constitutional 
power of a person, court, or corporation, in the 
law of corporations an act is said to be ultra mret(a) 
when it is not within the scope of the powers of thecor- 
poration to perform it under any circumstances or for any 
purpose; or (b) with reference to the rights of members, 
when the corporation is not authorized to perform it 
without their consent ; or (e) with reference to some spe- 
cific purpose, when It Is not authorized to perform It for 
that purpose. 
ultra-VirtUOUS (ul-trS-ver'tu-us), a. Pharisaic. 
An ultra virtuous Irish Barney. 
George Eliot, Silly Novels by Lady Novelists. 
ultra-zodiacal (ul'trii-zo-di'a-kiil),<7. Passing 
beyond the zodiac. Ultra-KHliacal planet, one of 
the planetoids between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter : so 
called because most of them have orbits much inclined to 
the ecliptic. 
Ultromotivity (ul'tro-mp-tiv'i-ti), . [< L. ultra 
(see ultroneous) + motivity.] Capability of 
spontaneous movement. 
ultroneous (ul-tro'ne-us), a. [< LL. ultroneus, of 
one's own accord, voluntary, < L. ultra, sponta- 
neously, on his, their, etc., part, lit. on the other 
side, beyond, further, abl. neut. of ulter. < ulter, 
being on the other side: see ultra-, ulterior.'] 
Spontaneous; voluntary. Jer. Taylor Ultro- 
neouB witness, in Scat* law, a witness who offers his 
testimony without being regularly cited. 
ultroneously (ul-tro'ne-us-li), adr. In an ul- 
troneous manner; of one's own free will. Sir 
II'. lliiini/ton. 
ultroneousness (ul-tro'ne-us-nes). n. The 
character of being ultroneous; spontaneity. 
Ulula (u'lu-lii), H. [NL. (Cuvier. 1817, after 
Barrere, 1745'), < L. uluJa, a screech-owl.] 1. 
