English Dictionary

extremity

/ɪkˈstɹɛmɪti/

noun

The most extreme or furthest point of something. / An extreme measure. / A hand or foot. / A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).

He reached the extremity of his physical endurance during the marathon.

意味（1）

The most extreme or furthest point of something.

[B]eſtowe your love on him, who, were it not to do you ſervice, would through the extremitie of love rather wiſh to die then live.

意味（2）

An extreme measure.

The Fort on the Mount St. Catherine after a Month's Siege was reduc'd to ſuch Extremitys, that they who defended it were forc'd to treat about a Surrender: and Aug. 29. 'twas agreed between the Engliſh Commiſſioners, Edward Earl of Mortaigne, Thomas Earl of Salisbury, and Fitz-Hugh, and the French Commiſſioners, the Sieur Nobles Lieutenant of Guy de Bouteil, which the Sieurs De Buſſon and de Graville, in the Name of the Gariſon, that they would deliver up the Abby and Fortreſs of St. Catherine on the Thurſday following, on condition of having only their Lives ſpar'd.

意味（3）

A hand or foot.

Guillain–Barré syndrome causes one to not be able to move one’s extremities.

意味（4）

A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).

The danger of wounds of the extremities consists in the injury done to the blood-vessels, nerves, articulations, and bones.