cacuminal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
    retroflex.

WordNet

Ca*cu"mi*nal adjective
Etymology
L. cacumen, cacuminis, the top, point.
Definitions
  1. (Philol.) Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.

Webster 1913