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Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.

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  1. a. Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.
  2. adj. pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
  3. Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.
  4. Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied tocertain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.
  5. s pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate