CULMINANT

PRONUNCIATION: (KUHL-muh-nuhnt)

MEANING: adjective: Being at or reaching the highest point.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin culminare (to crown), from culmen (summit). Earliest documented use: 1605.
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CULMINANTE - what it costs to participate in the last hand of the session

CUE MINANT - Mr Minant is supposed to speak now; give him a nudge!

CULMIN-ART - the skill of writing satisfying endings