pinnacle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The highest point of success or achievement.

   Winning the championship was the pinnacle of her career.

2. 2
   noun

   A tall, pointed peak of rock or mountain.

   Climbers gazed up at the icy pinnacle towering above them.

3. 3
   noun

   A slender, pointed spire on the top of a building or tower.

   Stone pinnacles rose from each corner of the cathedral tower.

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnāculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), from Latin pinna (“a pinnacle”); see pin. Doublet of panache.

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