Meaning of ne plus ultra | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The highest, ultimate point of achievement which can be reached; perfection.
2. The perfect or most extreme example of its kind; the ultimate.
3. A prohibition against proceeding further; an insuperable obstacle or limiting condition.
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Examples

“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.”

“November 30, 2014, Julia Kavanagh, Rome: The ‘ne plus ultra’ of Arthttps://camel76.wordpress.com/2014/11/20/rome-the-ne-plus-ultra-of-art/ It doesn’t get⟳ any better than this because Rome, like⟳ Florence, is the ne plus ultra of art.”

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