pinnacle.
The highest point.
Meaning & usage
The highest point.
A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnāculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), from Latin pinna (“a pinnacle”); see pin. Doublet of panache.
To place on a pinnacle.
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnāculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), from Latin pinna (“a pinnacle”); see pin. Doublet of panache.
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