Category:Ultra-

Ul"tra-, a.

Defn: 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, ultramarine, Ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it Has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, Natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, Ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.