acme

See also ACME

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmē, “point, top”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈækmi/

Noun

acme (plural acmes)

1. The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination.

   The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry. - Alexander Pope

   The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy. - I. Taylor

2. (medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
3. Mature age; full bloom of life. - Ben Jonson

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:apex

Translations

the highest point

Bulgarian: връхна точка (bg) Dutch: hoogtepunt (nl) n.

Icelandic: hápunktur (is) m. Spanish: colmo (es) m., apogeo (es) m., cúspide (es) f. Swedish: höjdpunkt (sv)

Full bloom

Bulgarian: разцвет (bg)

Swedish: kulm (sv)

External links

• acme at OneLook Dictionary Search
• acme in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• came, ECMA, eMac, EMAC, mace, Mace