PINNACLE


Meaning of PINNACLE in English

■ noun

1》 a high pointed piece of rock.

2》 a small pointed turret built as an ornament on a roof.

3》 the most successful point: the ~ of his career.

Derivatives

~d adjective

Origin

ME: from OFr., from late L. pinnaculum , dimin. of pinna 'wing, point'.

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