acme
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmē, “point, top”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈækmi/
Noun [edit]
acme (plural acmes)
- 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
- (medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
- Mature age; full bloom of life. - Ben Jonson
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:apex
Translations [edit]
the highest point
External links [edit]
- acme at OneLook Dictionary Search
- acme in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913