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ultima

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ul·ti·ma  (lt-m)
n.
The last syllable of a word.
[Latin, feminine of ultimus, last; see ultimate.]
ultima [ˈʌltɪmə]
n
(Linguistics) the final syllable of a word
[from Latin: the last, feminine of ultimus last; see ultimate]
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Noun1.ultima - the last syllable in a word
syllable - a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables"


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--Venient annis Saecula seris, quibus Oceanus Vincula rerum laxet, et ingens Pateat Tellus, Tiphysque novos Detegat orbes; nec sit terris Ultima Thule:
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Again they fell to quoting, and Maud gave Dowson's "Impenitentia Ultima.
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My cognizance of the pit had become known to the inquisitorial agents -- the pit whose horrors had been destined for so bold a recusant as myself -- the pit, typical of hell, and regarded by rumor as the Ultima Thule of all their punishments.
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