cumulusn.

/ˈkjuːmjʊləs/

Forms: Plural cumuli.

Etymology: Latin cumulus a heap, etc.

1. A heap, pile; an accumulation, gathering; the conical top of a heaped measure, hence the consummating mass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point

prickOE

heighta1050

full1340

higha1398

pointc1400

roofa1500

top-castle1548

ruff1549

acmea1568

tip1567

noontide1578

high tide1579

superlative1583

summity1588

spring tide1593

meridian1594

period1595

apogee1600

punctilio1601

high-water mark1602

noon1609

zenith1610

auge1611

apex1624

culmination1633

cumble1640

culmen1646

climax1647

topc1650

cumulus1659

summit1661

perigeum1670

highest1688

consummation1698

stretch1741

high point1787

perihelion1804

summary1831

comble1832

heading up1857

climacteric1870

flashpoint1878

tip-end1885

peak1902

noontime1903

Omega point1981

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xxxiii. 7 Annot.) 180/2 It riseth into a cumulus.

1867 H. E. Manning Eng. & Christendom 76 My faith terminates no longer in a cumulus of probabilities gathered from the past.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 213 When we read the Jewish annals of these years we never seem to have reached the cumulus of horrors.

2. Meteorology. One of the simple forms of clouds, consisting of rounded masses heaped upon each other and resting on a nearly horizontal base. Frequent in the summer sky, where it often presents the appearance of snowy mountain-masses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > cumulus

castle-cloud1686

cumulus1803

stacken-cloud1823

1803 L. Howard Modif. Clouds (1865) 2–3 It may be allowable to introduce a Methodical nomenclature, applicable..to the Modifications of Cloud..Cumulus, convex or conical heaps, increasing upward from a horizontal base.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 419 The grandeur of the cumulus or thunder-cloud is never seen, unless it be on the land.

1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 210 In the lower cumuli..the groups are not like balloons or bubbles, but like towers or mountains.

attributive.1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 48 The cumulus cloud predominates.1892 V. Lee in Contemp. Rev. Mag. 666 Over the sea the wind had built a bridge..of white cumulus marble.

3. Anatomy. A thickened portion of the granular lining of the Graafian follicle in which the ovum is embedded; the Discus proligerus.

ΚΠ

1882 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cumulus
释义	cumulusn. /ˈkjuːmjʊləs/ Forms: Plural cumuli. Etymology: Latin cumulus a heap, etc. 1. A heap, pile; an accumulation, gathering; the conical top of a heaped measure, hence the consummating mass. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point prickOE heighta1050 full1340 higha1398 pointc1400 roofa1500 top-castle1548 ruff1549 acmea1568 tip1567 noontide1578 high tide1579 superlative1583 summity1588 spring tide1593 meridian1594 period1595 apogee1600 punctilio1601 high-water mark1602 noon1609 zenith1610 auge1611 apex1624 culmination1633 cumble1640 culmen1646 climax1647 topc1650 cumulus1659 summit1661 perigeum1670 highest1688 consummation1698 stretch1741 high point1787 perihelion1804 summary1831 comble1832 heading up1857 climacteric1870 flashpoint1878 tip-end1885 peak1902 noontime1903 Omega point1981 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xxxiii. 7 Annot.) 180/2 It riseth into a cumulus. 1867 H. E. Manning Eng. & Christendom 76 My faith terminates no longer in a cumulus of probabilities gathered from the past. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 213 When we read the Jewish annals of these years we never seem to have reached the cumulus of horrors. 2. Meteorology. One of the simple forms of clouds, consisting of rounded masses heaped upon each other and resting on a nearly horizontal base. Frequent in the summer sky, where it often presents the appearance of snowy mountain-masses. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > a cloud > cumulus castle-cloud1686 cumulus1803 stacken-cloud1823 1803 L. Howard Modif. Clouds (1865) 2–3 It may be allowable to introduce a Methodical nomenclature, applicable..to the Modifications of Cloud..Cumulus, convex or conical heaps, increasing upward from a horizontal base. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 419 The grandeur of the cumulus or thunder-cloud is never seen, unless it be on the land. 1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 210 In the lower cumuli..the groups are not like balloons or bubbles, but like towers or mountains. attributive.1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 48 The cumulus cloud predominates.1892 V. Lee in Contemp. Rev. Mag. 666 Over the sea the wind had built a bridge..of white cumulus marble. 3. Anatomy. A thickened portion of the granular lining of the Graafian follicle in which the ovum is embedded; the Discus proligerus. ΚΠ 1882 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1659
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