Adjective

(head)

(extream)

Adjective

(en adjective)

* 1715 : Francisco de Quevedo, The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo

I slept very disturbedly, and had a quick high towring ''Pulse''; had strange ''Flashes'' in my ''Blood'', like Wild-fire, which I could perceive in my Face, Neck, Breast, and extream Parts .

Adjective

(head)

(extreme)

Adjective

(en-adj)

Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.

In the greatest or highest degree; intense.

* , chapter=13

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}

Excessive, or far beyond the norm.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-03

, author=Frank Fish, George Lauder, volume=101, issue=2, page=114, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Not Just Going with the Flow , passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}

Drastic, or of great severity.

Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.

(archaic) Ultimate, final or last.

the extreme hour of life