acmen.

Brit.

/ˈakmi/, U.S.

/ˈækmi/

Forms: 1600s achma, 1600s–1700s akme, 1600s–1800s achme, 1600s– acme, 1700s–1800s acmé, 1700s–1800s acmè. Also (from the 16th to the 18th centuries) written in Greek characters.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἀκμή.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀκμή point, edge, highest or culminating point, prime, zenith, flower of life, crisis of a disease < the same Indo-European base as edge n. + -μη, suffix forming nouns.

1. The highest point or culmination; the point or period at which something is at its best or most highly developed; (in later use also) a person or thing representing or embodying this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > peak of perfection

perfection1340

pointc1400

pinnaclec1450

firmament1526

tipe1548

vertical point1559

acmea1568

status1577

summity1588

sublimation1591

turret1593

topgallant1597

non ultra?1606

vertical1611

non plus ultra1647

ne ultraa1657

verticle1658

summit1661

ne plus ultra1664

ne plus1665

nonplus1670

tip-top1702

pink1720

sublime1748

eminencea1854

it1896

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

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase to highest point or degree > highest point of increase

status1577

apex1624

sublimity1637

climax1647

culmination1657

acme1761

boiling-point1773

crescendo1925

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 31 The Latin tong, euen whan it was, as the Grecians say, in ακμη, that is, at the hiest pitch of all perfitenesse.

a1637 B. Jonson Timber 923 in Wks. (1640) III So that hee may be nam'd, and stand as the marke and ἀκμή of our language.

a1643 W. Cartwright Lady-errant ii. iv, in Comedies (1651) sig. b6 I' th' heat and Achme of Devotion.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 78 Date we from this day, the achme or vertical height of Abbeys, which henceforward began to stand still, & at last to decline.

1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices Pref. sig. *3 The Liturgy and Ceremonies of our Church, drawing nigh to its ἀκμὴ.

1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Ded. In the Achma of the Three Last Empires of the World.

1761 Brit. Mag. July 355/1 By the age of ten, his genius was at the ἀκμή.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 190 The growth of population in France was by no means at its acmé in that year.

1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) iii. xi. 481 No country has ever reached, or probably ever will reach, its highest possible achme [1806: acme] of produce.

1808 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington (ed. 6) xi. 141 Having at length attained the acme of all his wishes.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. vi. 267 Paris wholly has got to the acme of its frenzy.

1859 F. W. Farrar Eric 95 Of this school he often bragged as the acmé of desirability.

1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi (1870) xi. 421 It is however in Achilles that courtesy reaches to its acmè.

1891 Outing July 301/1 The traveler lounging in that acme of civilization, the Pullman car.

1905 J. A. Lemcke Reminisc. Indianian 4 A shooting match on Saturday..was the acme of enjoyment for the men; and an occasional quilting frolic brought together the women.

1956 N. Coward Diary 1 Jan. (2000) 301 It is..not the acme of peace on account of people of all shapes and sizes swirling through this very small house.

2006 J. Updike Terrorist i. 18 Those peroxided blondes who in white-bread America are considered the acme of beauty.

2. spec.

a. The period of full growth; the flower or full bloom of life; reproductive maturity. Cf. prime n.¹ 9b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > prime > [noun]

flowering agec1400

pridec1475

blooming-time1495

flower?1507

season?1507

day1546

flourishing years?1555

golden years1559

vigour1563

consistent age1574

prime1574

May moon1576

acme1579

Maya1586

flourish1597

May month1600

consistencea1613

May morna1616

constant age1620

high daya1625

blouth1643

flourishing age1737

heyday1751

floruit1843

bloom-hour1850

blossom-time1860

1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule ii. iii. 5 Galen..did account the yeares of state Acme, to bee fiue and thirtie.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 174 They haue not attained vnto the Acme, or full height of their growing.

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Prol. for Stage 26 in Wks. II He must be one that can instruct your youth, And keepe your Acme in the state of truth.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis xxii. 245 [It] may be either in the achma or declination of our age.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 37 Every tree..after each seven years improving twelve pence in growth, till they arriv'd to their acme.

1729 A. Pope Prolegomena Scriblerus in Dunciad (new ed.) 26 Forty..the very Acme and pitch of life for Epic poesy.

1774 J. C. Lettsom Med. Mem. Gen. Dispensary London iii. 153 It usually appears in both sexes about the age of puberty, or, after that, towards the acme of life.

1824 Lancet 21 Mar. 377/1 It is from two to three years in its growth, and from a year and a half to two years in destroying life, after it has arrived at its acmé.

1844 A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold II. x. 314 The thought that the forty-ninth year, fixed by Aristotle as the acme of the human faculties, lay still some years before him.

1920 L. Hill in J. Marchant Control of Parenthood ii. 35 The acme of life is reached when breeding takes place, and many insects after fertilisation and egg-laying die.

b. Medicine. The point at which the symptoms of a disease are most severe; the point at which a disease is most severe or widespread.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > stage of disease > crisis

statea1400

crise?1541

crisis1543

judgement1547

judging day1547

vigour1563

fit1578

indicative day1624

station1651

status1663

acme1682

judicatory1684

solution1842

1682 N. Grew Exper. Luctation ii. i. §26 in Anat. Plants 242 We may conceive the reason of the sudden access of an acute Disease, and of its Crisis..when the Cause is arrived unto such an ἀκμὴ.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 442/2 Acme, the height of a disease. Every distemper haveing 4 periods; the begining, the growth or increase, the full or compleat, and the declension or decrease.

1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 586 From the beginning to the flatus or acme of the disease, they almost all die.

1791 R. Jackson Treat. Fevers Jamaica xii. 293 They often, however, prevailed to a certain acme, or point in the disease.

1849 Times 31 Mar. 8/6 When the disease was at its acme, the gross-burials showed a daily average of 80·2.

1899 Lancet 15 Apr. 1060/1 In most cases the appendix takes part in the pathological changes due to the typhoid fever which are observed in the large intestine; this is especially marked during the acme of the illness.

1948 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 36 284 The changes usually appear during the acme, and occasionally, one to two weeks after defervescence.

1994 Cardiovascular Pathol. 3 284/1 Cardiac rupture occurs at the acme of infective endocarditis in almost all cases.

Compounds

acme thread n. (also with capital initial) Mechanics a type of screw thread having flat apexes and valleys (as in a square thread), but with the sides of the threads inclined at an angle of 29 degrees.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > screw > types of screw or thread

Whitworth1877

acme thread1908

self-tapping1912

Phillips1935

1895 Amer. Machinist 18 2 Mr. Handy has named the new thread the ‘Acme Standard’.]

1908 E. Oberg Handbk. Small Tools i. 29 The Acme thread..has of late become widely used, having in most instances taken the place of the square thread on account of its better wearing qualities.

1964 S. Crawford Basic Engin. Processes (1969) v. 116 Travel of the cross-slide is controlled by a screw, usually of square or acme thread form.

2004 Tool & Machinery Catal. 2005 (Axminster Power Tool Centre Ltd.) xii. 13/3 The body is cast iron, the screw has a deep cut Acme thread both for the strength and smoothness of operation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	acme
释义	acmen. Brit. /ˈakmi/, U.S. /ˈækmi/ Forms: 1600s achma, 1600s–1700s akme, 1600s–1800s achme, 1600s– acme, 1700s–1800s acmé, 1700s–1800s acmè. Also (from the 16th to the 18th centuries) written in Greek characters. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἀκμή. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀκμή point, edge, highest or culminating point, prime, zenith, flower of life, crisis of a disease < the same Indo-European base as edge n. + -μη, suffix forming nouns. 1. The highest point or culmination; the point or period at which something is at its best or most highly developed; (in later use also) a person or thing representing or embodying this. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > peak of perfection perfection1340 pointc1400 pinnaclec1450 firmament1526 tipe1548 vertical point1559 acmea1568 status1577 summity1588 sublimation1591 turret1593 topgallant1597 non ultra?1606 vertical1611 non plus ultra1647 ne ultraa1657 verticle1658 summit1661 ne plus ultra1664 ne plus1665 nonplus1670 tip-top1702 pink1720 sublime1748 eminencea1854 it1896 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 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase to highest point or degree > highest point of increase status1577 apex1624 sublimity1637 climax1647 culmination1657 acme1761 boiling-point1773 crescendo1925 a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 31 The Latin tong, euen whan it was, as the Grecians say, in ακμη, that is, at the hiest pitch of all perfitenesse. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 923 in Wks. (1640) III So that hee may be nam'd, and stand as the marke and ἀκμή of our language. a1643 W. Cartwright Lady-errant ii. iv, in Comedies (1651) sig. b6 I' th' heat and Achme of Devotion. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 78 Date we from this day, the achme or vertical height of Abbeys, which henceforward began to stand still, & at last to decline. 1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices Pref. sig. 3 The Liturgy and Ceremonies of our Church, drawing nigh to its ἀκμὴ. 1675 J. Ogilby Britannia* Ded. In the Achma of the Three Last Empires of the World. 1761 Brit. Mag. July 355/1 By the age of ten, his genius was at the ἀκμή. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 190 The growth of population in France was by no means at its acmé in that year. View more context for this quotation 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) iii. xi. 481 No country has ever reached, or probably ever will reach, its highest possible achme [1806: acme] of produce. 1808 M. L. Weems Life G. Washington (ed. 6) xi. 141 Having at length attained the acme of all his wishes. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. vi. 267 Paris wholly has got to the acme of its frenzy. 1859 F. W. Farrar Eric 95 Of this school he often bragged as the acmé of desirability. 1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi (1870) xi. 421 It is however in Achilles that courtesy reaches to its acmè. 1891 Outing July 301/1 The traveler lounging in that acme of civilization, the Pullman car. 1905 J. A. Lemcke Reminisc. Indianian 4 A shooting match on Saturday..was the acme of enjoyment for the men; and an occasional quilting frolic brought together the women. 1956 N. Coward Diary 1 Jan. (2000) 301 It is..not the acme of peace on account of people of all shapes and sizes swirling through this very small house. 2006 J. Updike Terrorist i. 18 Those peroxided blondes who in white-bread America are considered the acme of beauty. 2. spec. a. The period of full growth; the flower or full bloom of life; reproductive maturity. Cf. prime n.¹ 9b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > prime > [noun] flowering agec1400 pridec1475 blooming-time1495 flower?1507 season?1507 day1546 flourishing years?1555 golden years1559 vigour1563 consistent age1574 prime1574 May moon1576 acme1579 Maya1586 flourish1597 May month1600 consistencea1613 May morna1616 constant age1620 high daya1625 blouth1643 flourishing age1737 heyday1751 floruit1843 bloom-hour1850 blossom-time1860 1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule ii. iii. 5 Galen..did account the yeares of state Acme, to bee fiue and thirtie. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 174 They haue not attained vnto the Acme, or full height of their growing. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Prol. for Stage 26 in Wks. II He must be one that can instruct your youth, And keepe your Acme in the state of truth. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis xxii. 245 [It] may be either in the achma or declination of our age. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 37 Every tree..after each seven years improving twelve pence in growth, till they arriv'd to their acme. 1729 A. Pope Prolegomena Scriblerus in Dunciad (new ed.) 26 Forty..the very Acme and pitch of life for Epic poesy. 1774 J. C. Lettsom Med. Mem. Gen. Dispensary London iii. 153 It usually appears in both sexes about the age of puberty, or, after that, towards the acme of life. 1824 Lancet 21 Mar. 377/1 It is from two to three years in its growth, and from a year and a half to two years in destroying life, after it has arrived at its acmé. 1844 A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold II. x. 314 The thought that the forty-ninth year, fixed by Aristotle as the acme of the human faculties, lay still some years before him. 1920 L. Hill in J. Marchant Control of Parenthood ii. 35 The acme of life is reached when breeding takes place, and many insects after fertilisation and egg-laying die. b. Medicine. The point at which the symptoms of a disease are most severe; the point at which a disease is most severe or widespread. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > stage of disease > crisis statea1400 crise?1541 crisis1543 judgement1547 judging day1547 vigour1563 fit1578 indicative day1624 station1651 status1663 acme1682 judicatory1684 solution1842 1682 N. Grew Exper. Luctation ii. i. §26 in Anat. Plants 242 We may conceive the reason of the sudden access of an acute Disease, and of its Crisis..when the Cause is arrived unto such an ἀκμὴ. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 442/2 Acme, the height of a disease. Every distemper haveing 4 periods; the begining, the growth or increase, the full or compleat, and the declension or decrease. 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 586 From the beginning to the flatus or acme of the disease, they almost all die. 1791 R. Jackson Treat. Fevers Jamaica xii. 293 They often, however, prevailed to a certain acme, or point in the disease. 1849 Times 31 Mar. 8/6 When the disease was at its acme, the gross-burials showed a daily average of 80·2. 1899 Lancet 15 Apr. 1060/1 In most cases the appendix takes part in the pathological changes due to the typhoid fever which are observed in the large intestine; this is especially marked during the acme of the illness. 1948 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 36 284 The changes usually appear during the acme, and occasionally, one to two weeks after defervescence. 1994 Cardiovascular Pathol. 3 284/1 Cardiac rupture occurs at the acme of infective endocarditis in almost all cases. Compounds acme thread n. (also with capital initial) Mechanics a type of screw thread having flat apexes and valleys (as in a square thread), but with the sides of the threads inclined at an angle of 29 degrees. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > screw > types of screw or thread Whitworth1877 acme thread1908 self-tapping1912 Phillips1935 1895 Amer. Machinist 18 2 Mr. Handy has named the new thread the ‘Acme Standard’.] 1908 E. Oberg Handbk. Small Tools i. 29 The Acme thread..has of late become widely used, having in most instances taken the place of the square thread on account of its better wearing qualities. 1964 S. Crawford Basic Engin. Processes (1969) v. 116 Travel of the cross-slide is controlled by a screw, usually of square or acme thread form. 2004 Tool & Machinery Catal. 2005 (Axminster Power Tool Centre Ltd.) xii. 13/3 The body is cast iron, the screw has a deep cut Acme thread both for the strength and smoothness of operation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1568
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