extremity

 
Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstrɛmɪti, ɛk-/

noun (plural extremities)

  • 1the furthest point or limit of something: the peninsula’s western extremity
  • (extremities) the hands and feet: tingling and numbness in the extremities
  • 2 [mass noun] the degree to which something is extreme: the extremity of the violence concerns us
  • a condition of extreme adversity: the terror of an animal in extremity

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French extremite or Latin extremitas, from extremus 'utmost' (see extreme)