Pinnacle

Origin

From Middle English, from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnaculum ("a peak, pinnacle"), double diminutive of Latin pinna ("a pinnacle"); see pin.

Full definition of pinnacle

Noun

1. The highest point.
2. A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
3. (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
4. (architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
• MiltonSome renowned metropolis
  With glistering spires and pinnacles around.

Synonyms

Antonyms

• nadir

Verb

1. to put something on a pinnacle
2. to build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles

Anagrams

• pannicle