EXTREME
ADJECTIVES
1774 ► MIGHTY big, large, great; extreme → Amer. dial.
1813 ► RANK through, utter, extreme → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1823 ► ULTRAGEOUS violently extreme
1825 ► AS BIG AS ALL OUTDOORS said of something in the extreme → Amer. dial.
1833 ► HELL-FIRED extreme, severe → Amer. dial.
1834 ► POISON mean, hateful, vicious; extreme; treacherous → Amer. dial.
1835 ► ALL-FIRED extreme, severe → Amer. dial.
L19.. ► TOO MUCH OF THE MONKEY extreme, asking too much → Aust. sl.
1905 ► MASTROUS great, extreme, wonderful → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► UNMERCIFUL excessive, extreme → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► BEYZLESS extreme → Sc. (Bk.)
1930 ► TOO MUCH extreme, with an inference of absurd or ludicrous → sl., orig. US
1937 ► ALL-OVERST most extreme; worst; best → Amer. dial.
1950 ► BRIMSY extreme, intense → Amer. dial.
1950 ► FAR OUT extreme → sl.
1966 ► FILTHY extreme, acute → Amer. dial.
1967 ► RADICAL extreme, outrageous, good → US sl., orig. surfing usage
1978 ► HOLY great, extreme → sl.
1980 ► RAD-O a general intensifier; extreme, excessive, very much, excellent, best → sl., orig. US teen
1982 ► INTENSE extreme, wild → US sl.
1982 ► RAD a general intensifier; extreme, excessive, very much, excellent, best; exciting, good → sl., orig. US teen
1990 ► TERMINAL extreme; unmitigated → Amer. sl.
1997 ► HARDCORE extreme → US sl.
2003 ► HECTIC extreme, outrageous; good → S. Afr. sl.
NOUNS
1815 ► CAPSHEAF the extreme, the crowning point → Amer. dial.
1851 ► BRINGER → BRINJER an extreme instance of something, such as cold weather, punishment, etc. → Amer. dial.
1881 ► THE DEAD FINISH the extreme point or instance of courage, cruelty, excellent, endurance, etc. → Aust. colloq.