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/ni pləs ˈəltrə/ Listen

noun

Ne plus ultra n.

The uttermost point to which one can go or attain; hence, the summit of achievement; the highest point or degree; the acme.

A prohibition against proceeding further; an insuperable obstacle or limiting condition. (Obs. or R.)

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... much. Then they looked into the eddy at the meeting of the waters; and turning back to Tripp's neatest of kitchens, were there regaled upon shrimps, rashers hissing from the fire, and the peculiar native species of hot-buttered cake, which Felix recollected as viewed in the nursery as the ne plus ultra of excellence, probably because it was an almost prohibited dainty. Lance was in his element, delighting himself and Miss Kerenhappuch Tripp by assisting her to toast, to butter, and even to wash up, calling Felix to witness that he always helped Cherry ...

— The Pillars of the House, V1 • Charlotte M. Yonge