About The Word Cacuminal
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Cacuminal
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What's The Definition Of Cacuminal?
[adj] (linguistics) pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cacuminal: backward | retroflex Related Terms | Find terms related to Cacuminal: See Also | Cacuminal In Webster's Dictionary \Ca*cu"mi*nal\, a. [L. cacumen, cacuminis, the top,
point.] (Philol.)
Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to
certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.
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