Pronounced: huh-MOL-uh-gate (alt: hah-MOL-uh-gate), verb
Notes: A kind of specialized word
Yesterday’s phrase
The phrase ne plus ultra means
- the highest point capable of being attained; acme
- the most profound degree of a quality or state
First usage
Our phrase came into English in the late 1600s
Background / Comments
Our phrase came from the New Latin phrase ne plus ultra ([go] no more beyond). It is said the related phrase non plus ultra was inscribed on the Pillars of Hercules at the Strait of Gibraltar, marking the western end of the classical world: it was a warning: “Let there not be more sailing beyond”.
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