acuminous
/əˈkjuːmɪnəs/adjective
1Distinguished by acumen; acute, shrewd.
2Chiefly Botany and Zoology = acuminate.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Edmund Bolton (?1575/5–?1634), antiquary and historian. From post-classical Latin acuminosus; compare -ous.
- telltale
- telltale clock
- telltale compass
- telltale pipe
- tell tales
- tell that to the marines
- tell the time (or tell time)
- tell t'other from which
- tell-truth
- tellurate
- telluretted
- tellurian
- telluric
- telluric acid
- telluric oxide
- telluride
- tellurion
- tellurism
- tellurite
- tellurium
- tellurium chloride
- tellurium dioxide
- tellurometer
- tellurous
- tellurous acid