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Webster 1913 Edition


Ultra-

Ul′tra-

,
Adj.
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,
ultra
marine,
ultra
montane,
ultra
mundane,
ultra
tropical, etc
. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper;
as,
ultra
conservative;
ultra
democratic,
ultra
despotic,
ultra
liberal,
ultra
radical, etc
.