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pinnacle

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnək(ə)l/

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Definition of pinnacle

noun

  • 1the most successful point; the culmination:he had reached the pinnacle of his career
  • 2a high, pointed piece of rock.
  • a small pointed turret built as an ornament on a roof.

verb

[with object] literary
  • 1form the culminating point or example of.
  • 2set on or as if on a pinnacle.

Derivatives

pinnacled

adjective

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin pinnaculum, diminutive of pinna 'wing, point'

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