English - Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point, top”).

English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈækmi/

English - Noun

acme (plural acmes)

1. The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Alexander Pope

     The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry.

   • (Can we date this quote?), I. Taylor

     The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy.

2. (medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
3. Mature age; full bloom of life.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:apex

Translations

English - External Links

• acme at OneLook Dictionary Search
• acme in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

English - Anagrams

• came, ECMA, eMac, EMAC, mace, Mace

Italian - Noun

acme

Italian - Synonyms

• apice
• culmine
• sommit

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