pinnacle

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɪnəkəl/ Rhymes: -ɪnɪkəl === Noun === pinnacle (plural pinnacles) The highest point. Synonyms: acme, peak, summit, zenith Antonym: nadir (geology) A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain. Coordinate term: sea stack (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:apex (architecture) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === pinnacle (third-person singular simple present pinnacles, present participle pinnacling, simple past and past participle pinnacled) (transitive) To place on a pinnacle. (transitive) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “pinnacle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “pinnacle”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === pannicle