acme

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 External links 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

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

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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

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• See also Wikisaurus:apex

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[edit] External links

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

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acem
• came
• eMac, EMAC
• mace, Mace