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.