Ultra-


(a.) A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.



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Cultrate   Cultrated   Ne plus ultra   Subcultrate   Subcultrated   Ultra   Ultra vires   Ultra-   Ultragaseous   Ultrage  


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