Ultimate: nm inv. (Latin no plus ultra phrase “not beyond”, affixed to the Pillars of Hercules*).
The nec plus ultra is the best, the best (synonyms: height, pinnacle; the end of the end).
(*) The Pillars of Hercules or Pillars of Heracles is the name given, in classical antiquity, to the mountains bordering the Strait of Gibraltar. These are the Rock of Gibraltar to the north, on the European side, and Mount Abyle, today called Jebel Musa, on...
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