acumination

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˌkjuːmɪˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

acumination (plural acuminations)

1. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
   • 1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed:

     The coronary thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers by that figure into which they were contrived, but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations.