Pinnacle (noun)
pin-ak-l
The most successful point; the culmination./ The highest point.
Middle English from Old French, from late Latin pinnaculum, diminutive of pinna ‘wing, point’.
Example sentences
“He’d reached the pinnacle position of his career.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
