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Ne plus ultra

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The highest, ultimate point of achievement which can be reached; perfection.

    "Suppers were the ne plus ultra of human invention; it could go no further, and was obliged to degenerate; dinner is too much matter of business, it is a necessity: now, a necessity is too like a duty ever to be pleasant."

  2. 2
    the state of being without a flaw or defect wordnet
  3. 3
    The perfect or most extreme example of its kind; the ultimate.
  4. 4
    A prohibition against proceeding further; an insuperable obstacle or limiting condition. rare

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nē plūs ultrā.

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