Associations to the word «Extremity»

Wiktionary

EXTREMITY, noun. The most extreme or furthest point of something.
EXTREMITY, noun. An extreme measure.
EXTREMITY, noun. A hand or foot.
EXTREMITY, noun. A limb (major appendage of human or animal such as a leg an arm or a wing)

Dictionary definition

EXTREMITY, noun. An external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm".
EXTREMITY, noun. An extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease).
EXTREMITY, noun. The greatest or utmost degree; "the extremity of despair".
EXTREMITY, noun. The outermost or farthest region or point.
EXTREMITY, noun. That part of a limb that is farthest from the torso.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King