culmenn.

/ˈkʌlmɛn/

Etymology: < Latin culmen, contracted < columen top, summit, roof-ridge, etc.

1. gen. The top or summit; figurative the height, acme, culminating point.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > highest point or top

headOE

copa1000

heightOE

topc1000

highestlOE

crest1382

coperounc1400

summita1425

summity?a1425

toppet1439

altitude?a1475

upperest1484

principala1533

pitcha1552

supremity1584

culm1587

period1595

spire1600

upward1608

cope1609

fastigium1641

vertex1641

culmen1646

supreme1652

tip-top1702

peak1785

helm1893

altaltissimo1975

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

1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 129 Chronology and History beare, No other Culmen; then the double Art, Astronomy, Geography, impart.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 227 At the culmen or top was a Chappel.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §40 145 The Culmen of this Historian's Art and Invention.

1856 S. T. Dobell Eng. in Time of War 81 That top and culmen exquisite Whereto the slanting seasons meet.

1928 C. T. Onions in Times 19 Apr. 10/7 The Oxford English Dictionary is the culmen [of a series of lexicons].

2. Ornithology. The upper ridge of a bird's bill.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > beak or bill > parts of

cere1486

sheath1781

tomium1824

culmen1833

gape1833

1833 R. Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) II. 34 Their bills being more curved in the culmen.

1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 45 The bill..slender..with the culmen concave near the base.

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3. Anatomy. ‘The superior vermiform process of the cerebellum’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1882).

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

单词	culmen
释义	culmenn. /ˈkʌlmɛn/ Etymology: < Latin culmen, contracted < columen top, summit, roof-ridge, etc. 1. gen. The top or summit; figurative the height, acme, culminating point. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > highest point or top headOE copa1000 heightOE topc1000 highestlOE crest1382 coperounc1400 summita1425 summity?a1425 toppet1439 altitude?a1475 upperest1484 principala1533 pitcha1552 supremity1584 culm1587 period1595 spire1600 upward1608 cope1609 fastigium1641 vertex1641 culmen1646 supreme1652 tip-top1702 peak1785 helm1893 altaltissimo1975 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 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 129 Chronology and History beare, No other Culmen; then the double Art, Astronomy, Geography, impart. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 227 At the culmen or top was a Chappel. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §40 145 The Culmen of this Historian's Art and Invention. 1856 S. T. Dobell Eng. in Time of War 81 That top and culmen exquisite Whereto the slanting seasons meet. 1928 C. T. Onions in Times 19 Apr. 10/7 The Oxford English Dictionary is the culmen [of a series of lexicons]. 2. Ornithology. The upper ridge of a bird's bill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > beak or bill > parts of cere1486 sheath1781 tomium1824 culmen1833 gape1833 1833 R. Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) II. 34 Their bills being more curved in the culmen. 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 45 The bill..slender..with the culmen concave near the base. Categories » 3. Anatomy. ‘The superior vermiform process of the cerebellum’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1882). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1646
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