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ultima Thule

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ultima Thu·le  (thl)
n.
1. The northernmost region of the habitable world as thought of by ancient geographers.
2. A distant territory or destination.
3. A remote goal or ideal: "the ultima Thule of technology, the ne plus ultra . . . the answer to every earthly problem" John Gould.
[Latin ultima Thl : ultima, feminine of ultimus, farthest + Thl, Thule.]
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Noun1.ultima Thuleultima Thule - the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world
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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.
The Pit and the Pendulum by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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