Meanings
nounacumination (plural acuminations)
plural acuminations
- A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
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.
1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with acumination
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APA
acumination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acumination
MLA
“acumination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acumination. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acumination,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acumination.
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