NE PLUS ULTRA: 1: the highest point capable of being attained: acme 2: the most profound degree of a quality or state
It's the height, the zenith, the ultimate, the crown, the pinnacle. All these expressions, of course, mean "the highest point attainable." But "ne plus ultra" may top them all as a way to say something that is the pink of perfection. It's said that the term's predecessor, non plus ultra, was inscribed on the Pillars of Hercules at the Strait of Gibraltar, which marked the western end of the classical world. The phrase served as a warning: "(Let there) not (be) more (sailing) beyond." The New Latin version ne plus ultra, meaning "(go)" no more beyond," found its way into English in the 1630s.
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