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Definition of Acuminous
1. a. Characterized by acumen; keen.
Definition of Acuminous
1. Adjective. Characterized by acumen; keen. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acuminous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acuminous
Literary usage of Acuminous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1919)
"... bright, discerning, resourceful, astute, shrewd, apt, smart, long-headed,
acuminous; fierce, fiery, unquenchable, eager; exacting, close; steep, abrupt, ..."
2. The United Service Magazine by Arthur William Alsager Pollock (1866)
"Lest haply, after wasting time in penning tomes voluminous, To disprove what was
ne'er advanced, with logic most acuminous, They find that, like our hero, ..."
3. The Shotover Papers, Or, Echoes from Oxford by Wilson Edward William Morrison, E B Iwan-Müller, Frederick Sanders Pulling, Francis Griffin Stokes (1875)
"... on the point: posterity will amplify and expound in dry bat acuminous Logic
what I have here only to put forth in its grand Severity and Profundity. ..."
4. Typhoid Fever and Its Abortive Treatment by John Eliot Woodbridge (1896)
"... not acuminous, not indurated, purplish or rose colored spots. They vary from
one-half to two lines in diameter. They have well-defined regular margins ..."
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