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1. (.) cacuminal
(of a speech sound) produced with the tip of the tongue curled back toward or against the hard palate; retroflex.
2. (n.) cacuminal
a cacuminal speech sound.
Etymology: (1860–65; < L cacūmin-, s. of cacūmen top, tip + -al1)
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1. (adj) cacuminal, retroflex
pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
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1. (adj) cacuminal
pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters
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