Ne Plus Ultra

By Deane Barker • •

Definition: the ultimate; the greatest

It’s Latin for “no more beyond,” meaning, “there is nothing greater than this thing.”

Why I Looked It Up

From Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow:

Alice was ne plus ultra. No one was cleverer, more daring, more beautiful, more athletic, more hilarious, more fill-in-the-adjective-of-your-choice than Alece.

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