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单词 pinnacled
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pinnacledadj.

Brit. /ˈpɪnᵻkld/, U.S. /ˈpɪnᵻk(ə)ld/
Forms: see pinnacle n. and -ed suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pinnacle n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < pinnacle n. + -ed suffix2.
1. Having a pinnacle or pinnacles; (also) having projections suggestive of pinnacles.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [adjective]
pinnacledc1400
toweredc1400
quartered1591
towery-topped1602
spired1610
towery1611
well-roofed1656
steepled1711
gable-ended1789
towerlessc1820
apteral1833
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rocky peak > [adjective]
pinnacledc1400
spiringa1552
peaked1613
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > at the top
pinnacledc1400
steepled1861
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 207 (MED) A pyȝt coroune ȝet wer þat gyrle, Of mariorys and non oþer ston, Hiȝe pynakled of cler quyt perle, Wyth flurted flowrez perfet vpon.
c1460 Bk. Arms in Ancestor (1904) Apr. 167 (MED) A beryth..a towre pynakelyd and enbataylyd of the same.
1727 B. Willis Surv. Cathedrals I. p. iv He..would have therein specifyed the respective Churches and Chapels, according to the Form of their Structures..; as Pinnacled, Battlemented, Coped, &c.
1779 W. Mason Eng. Garden iii. 173 Of some old Fane, whose steeple's Gothic pride Or pinnacled, or spir'd, would bolder rise.
1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. ii. i. xii. 239 The use of the embattled and pinnacled tower is..one of our many insular peculiarities.
1907 Daily Chron. 5 Apr. 5/3 The divers were frequently washed some distance away from the vessel and badly bruised and cut by being dashed against the pinnacled rocks.
1974 D. Yarwood Archit. Europe v. 251/1 The town hall at Brno..had a fine late Gothic pinnacled portico.
2. Situated on or as on the top of a pinnacle. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > elevated in position
raiseda1450
elevated1553
mounted1601
upmounted1616
pinnacled1863
1863 W. M. Rossetti in N.E.D. (1906) (at cited word) His pinnacled supremacy as the poet and autocrat of landscape-painting.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 19 Oct. 2/1 Because of this pinnacled position, they assimilate like lightning.
1999 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 24 Apr. 9 They were streets clear at the top of their league... Naturally, their pinnacled position attracted envy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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