extreme

ex•treme

[[t]ɪkˈstrim[/t]] adj. -trem•er, -trem•est, n.

1) going well beyond the ordinary or average:

extreme measures[/ex]

2) exceedingly great in degree:

extreme joy[/ex]

3) farthest from the center or middle

4) utmost in direction or distance

5) immoderate; radical:

extreme fashions[/ex]

6) last; final:

extreme hopes[/ex]

7) cvb chiefly spo extremely dangerous or difficult:

extreme skiing[/ex]

8) a very high degree:

cautious to an extreme[/ex]

9) one of two things as different from each other as possible:

the extremes of joy and grief[/ex]

10) an extreme act, measure, or condition:

the extreme of poverty[/ex]

11) math. Math.

a) the first or the last term, as of a proportion or series

b) a relative maximum or relative minimum value of a function in a given region

12) pho the subject or the predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism

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Etymology: 1425–75; late ME < L extrēmus, superl. of exterus outward. See exterior ex•treme′ly, adv. ex•treme′ness, n.