Ex‐trem″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Extremities(�). [L. extremitas: cf. F. extrémité.] 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. (Zoöl.) 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.