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cacuminal

Adjective, Noun

ca=cu=mi=nal

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cacuminal(s = adj.all) retroflex - pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate;

cacuminal, a. [L. cacumen, cacuminis, the top, point.].

Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters. [1913 Webster]

cacuminal, adj. Phonet. pronounced with the tongue-tip curled up towards the hard palate.

Etymology

L cacuminare make pointed f. cacumen -minis tree-top