pinnacle
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Definition of pinnacle:
(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" a lofty peak surmount with a pinnacle; "pinnacle a pediment" raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled" |