Pinnacle Definition

pĭnə-kəl
pinnacled, pinnacles, pinnacling
noun
pinnacles
A small turret or spire on a buttress or a supporting pier.
Webster's New World
A pointed formation, as at the top of a mountain; peak.
Webster's New World
The highest point; culmination; acme.
Webster's New World
(figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
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verb
pinnacled, pinnacles
To set on a pinnacle.
Webster's New World
To furnish or adorn with pinnacles.
Webster's New World
To form the pinnacle of.
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Other Word Forms of Pinnacle

Noun

Singular:
pinnacle
Plural:
pinnacles

Origin of Pinnacle

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Late Latin pinnāculum diminutive of Latin pinna feather pet- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pinnacle Sentence Examples

  • This was the pinnacle of my happiness, from which I was in a little while dashed to earth.

  • You have now reached the pinnacle of your career.

  • On the same side of the Great Valley, south of the Potomac, are the Pinnacle (3007 ft.) and Pidgeon Roost (3400 ft.).

  • The men who built the temple of Bel at Nippur, in the year (say) 5000 B.C., must have felt themselves at a pinnacle of civilization and culture.

  • The recalled parlement seemed at the pinnacle of power.

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