acumination

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əˌkjuːmɪˈneɪʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

acumination (plural acuminations)

  1. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
    • 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed:
      The coronary thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers by that figure into which they were contrived, but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations.
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