Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Articulated with the tip of the tongue turned back and up toward the roof of the mouth; retroflex.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a top or summit.
- In anatomy, relating to the cacumen or upper surface of the vermis of the brain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Philol.) Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to a
point ,top , orcrown . - adjective linguistics, phonology Pronounced using a
retroflexed tongue . - noun linguistics, phonology A sound pronounced using a
retroflexed tongue .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Latin cacūmen, cacūmin-, summit, point.]
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From cacūmin- (the stem of the Latin cacūmen ("extremity, point, peak") + -al
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The folium vermis (folium cacuminis; cacuminal lobe) is a short, narrow, concealed band at the posterior extremity of the vermis, consisting apparently of a single folium, but in reality marked on its upper and under surfaces by secondary fissures.
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