fastigium
fastigium · fastigia
An apex or summit; culminationAn apex or summit; culmination.
/fæsˈtɪd͡ʒ.i.əm/
Meaning
3 sensesAn apex or summit; culmination.
A pediment or gable end.
The most intense phase of a disease, especially a fever.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin fastigium.Borrowed from Latin fastigium.
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Forms
plural: fastigiaWord family
1 related wordsDerivedgyrobifastigium
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.