ultra

See also ultra-, and ultrà

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ultra (comparative more ultra, superlative most ultra)

Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.

an ultra reformer; ultra measures

ultra (plural ultras)

An ultra-royalist in France.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 37:
  
  "At any rate that is what he explained to me," I said hastily while the lawyer rubbed his long ultra's nose and sighed.
An extremist.
- 2005, "Foreign ultra killed, three injured in J&K," The Times of India, 29 Dec. (retrieved 21 Apr. 2009):
  
  Five militants were nabbed while four ultras of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) gave themselves up.
(usually capitalised) Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.

From Latin ulter, originally the feminine ablative.

ultrā + accusative

ultrā (not comparable)