ultra

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ultra.

AdjectiveEdit

ultra (comparative more ultra, superlative most ultra)

1. Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.

   an ultra reformer; ultra measures

NounEdit

ultra (plural ultras)

1. An ultra-royalist in France.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 37:

     "At any rate that is what he explained to me," I said hastily while the lawyer rubbed his long ultra's nose and sighed.

2. An extremist.
   • 2005, "Foreign ultra killed, three injured in J&K," The Times of India, 29 Dec. (retrieved 21 Apr. 2009):

     Five militants were nabbed while four ultras of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) gave themselves up.

3. (usually capitalised) Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.

Related termsEdit

• ulterior
• ultimate
• ultra-

AdjectiveEdit

ultra (masculine and feminine, plural ultras)

1. ultra, extreme

NounEdit

ultra m, f (plural ultras)

1. extremist
2. (historical) an ultra-royalist during the Bourbon Restoration period in France

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ulter, originally the feminine ablative.

PrepositionEdit

ultrā + accusative

1. beyond

AdverbEdit

ultrā (not comparable)

1. beyond, further
2. additionally, besides

DescendantsEdit