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View synonyms for fastigium
fastigium
[ fa-stij-ee-uhm ]
noun
, Medicine/Medical.
, plural fas·tig·i·ums, fas·tig·i·a [fa-, stij, -ee-, uh].
- the highest point of a fever or disease; the period of greatest development of an infection.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fastigium1
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1670–80
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Example Sentences
It was said of old, "ὁτι scientiæ fundamentum, διὁτι fastigium."
From Project Gutenberg
Fastigium: Orthoptera; the extreme point or front of vertex.
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