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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|la|en}}.
From {{bor|en|la|[[in]] [[extremis]]}}.


===Prepositional phrase===
===Prepositional phrase===
{{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=in extremis}}
{{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=in extremis}}


# At the point of death.
# At the point of [[death]].
#* {{quote-book|en|date=2018-12-13|author=Edmund Richardson|title=Classics in Extremis: The Edges of Classical Reception|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781350017276|page=116|text=Military records describing the deaths of men as a result of injuries sustained during combat employed the phrase in a (now near-obsolete) sense to describe a man on the verge of dying: {{...}} 'He was '''''in extremis''''' when seen and died about 2 hours after the action ceased at 9 pm'.}}
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# In desperate circumstances.
# {{lb|en|by extension}} In [[desperate]] circumstances.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2001|origyear=1990|author=w:Robert Fisk|title={{w|Pity the Nation}}: Lebanon at War|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780192801302|page=410|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=VrXpeELOUNsC&pg=PA410&dq=%22PFLP%22+Robert+Pfeffer&hl=&cd=16&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22PFLP%22%20Robert%20Pfeffer&f=false|text=The purpose, of course, was to find out if the prisoner, '''''in extremis''''', broke down and wrote to a family in Israel.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011|author=Michael Lavalette; Vasilios Ioakimidis|title=Social Work in Extremis: Lessons for Social Work Internationally|publisher=Policy Press|isbn=9781847427182|page=1
|text=This book sets out to look at what we have termed 'social work in extremis'. It is an attempt to bring together a number of case studies that look at social work responses in 'extreme' or crisis situations.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=2016-02-09|author=Christopher Holshek|title=Travels with Harley: Journeys in Search of Personal and National Identity|publisher=Inkshares|isbn=9781941758380
|text=There was a reason we would call up the Reserves only '''in extremis'''.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|at the point of death}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|henkitoreissa}}, {{t+|fi|henkihieverissä}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakahemohemo}}
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|in extremis}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|in extremis}}
{{trans-bottom}}

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{{trans-top|in desperate circumstances}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[hätätapaus|hätätapauksessa]]}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|in extremis}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|in extremis}}
{{trans-bottom}}


===See also===
===See also===
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===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* [[intermixes#English|intermixes]]
* {{anagrams|en|a=eeiimnrstx|intermixes}}

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==Italian==
==Italian==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{ubor|it|la|[[in]] [[extremus|extrēmīs]]|lit=in extremes}}.
{{etyl|la|it}}


===Adverb===
===Adverb===
{{it-adv|nolinkhead=1}}
'''[[in#latin|in]] [[extremis]]'''

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# [[#English|in extremis]]
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# at the [[last]] [[moment]]

[[Category:Italian adverbs]]


[[et:in extremis]]
# {{l|en|in extremis}}
#* {{quote-journal|it|title=Stati Uniti, affondi, invettive, colpi da ko: così Trump e Biden preparano il duello tv che vale l'elezione|trans-title=United States, attacks, invective, knockout blows: this is how Trump and Biden are preparing the TV duel that is worth the election|url=https://rep.repubblica.it/pwa/generale/2020/09/27/news/dibattito_presidenziali_biden_trump-268742411|magazine=w:la Repubblica|date=27 September 2020|author=Federico Rampini|passage=È comunque il presidente in carica che deve fare una rimonta '''in extremis'''.|t=However, it is the president in office who must make a comeback '''in extremis'''.}}
[[el:in extremis]]
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# at the last [[moment]]
[[fr:in extremis]]
[[ku:in extremis]]
[[ml:in extremis]]
[[ro:in extremis]]
[[fi:in extremis]]
[[ta:in extremis]]
[[uk:in extremis]]

Latest revision as of 20:15, 25 May 2024

English

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Etymology

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From Latin in extremis.

Prepositional phrase

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in extremis

  1. At the point of death.
    • 2018 December 13, Edmund Richardson, Classics in Extremis: The Edges of Classical Reception, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 116:
      Military records describing the deaths of men as a result of injuries sustained during combat employed the phrase in a (now near-obsolete) sense to describe a man on the verge of dying: […] 'He was in extremis when seen and died about 2 hours after the action ceased at 9 pm'.
  2. (by extension) In desperate circumstances.
    • 2001 [1990], Robert Fisk, Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 410:
      The purpose, of course, was to find out if the prisoner, in extremis, broke down and wrote to a family in Israel.
    • 2011, Michael Lavalette, Vasilios Ioakimidis, Social Work in Extremis: Lessons for Social Work Internationally, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 1:
      This book sets out to look at what we have termed 'social work in extremis'. It is an attempt to bring together a number of case studies that look at social work responses in 'extreme' or crisis situations.
    • 2016 February 9, Christopher Holshek, Travels with Harley: Journeys in Search of Personal and National Identity, Inkshares, →ISBN:
      There was a reason we would call up the Reserves only in extremis.

Translations

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See also

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Anagrams

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin in extrēmīs (literally “in extremes”).

Adverb

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in extremis

  1. in extremis
    • 2020 September 27, Federico Rampini, “Stati Uniti, affondi, invettive, colpi da ko: così Trump e Biden preparano il duello tv che vale l'elezione [United States, attacks, invective, knockout blows: this is how Trump and Biden are preparing the TV duel that is worth the election]”, in la Repubblica‎[1]:
      È comunque il presidente in carica che deve fare una rimonta in extremis.
      However, it is the president in office who must make a comeback in extremis.
  2. at the last moment
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