Meaning

noun the greatest possible degree of something

noun final or latest limiting point

noun as far as something can go

originFrom Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from oblique stem of Latin līmes, līmit- (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced native Old English ġemǣre. Doublet of limes.

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