[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality or fact of being extreme.
1530. in Palsgr. 218/1.
1609. Tourneur, Sir F. Vere, 481. By extreamnes in another kind.
1727. in Bailey, vol. II.
1839. Poe, Fall House Usher, Wks. 1864, I. 306. The extremeness of the folly.
1891. Pall Mall Gaz., 28 Dec., 3/2. The extremeness of its critical position may be judged [etc.].
