A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior),
having in composition the signification beyond,
on the other side, chiefly when joined with words
expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine,
ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical,
etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively,
exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or
proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic,
ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.