Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cacuminous

/kəˈkjuːmɪnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cacumi-nous
IPA: /kəˈkjuːmɪnəs/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a pyramidal top.

Example Sentences

"Cleopatra’s Needles are three cacuminous monoliths first erected in Ancient Egypt over a thousand years before the birth of Christ."
"[A]s the snow advanced vpon yᵉ poynts vertical of cacuminous mountains dissolveth and discoagulateth it self into humorous liquidity[.]"
"Equally so as it ha been in his own, over the estuous rivers of Lapland, or its frozen and cacuminous mountains;"
"Hours Of youth…and love ‛neath trees cacuminous."
"Luminous books (not voluminous) To read under beech-trees cacuminous."

Etymology

From oblique stem of Latin cacūmen, cacūminis (“extremity, point, peak”) + -ous.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: cacūmen
Suffix: -ous

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /kəˈkjuːmɪnəs/

Frequently Paired Words

cacuminal cacuminate cacumination

Questions

How do you pronounce cacuminous?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈkjuːmɪnəs/.
What does cacuminous mean?: Having a pyramidal top.
Where does cacuminous come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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