English Explanatory Dictionary

paracme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A point beyond the highest or greatest.
  2. A point after the crisis of a fever is past.
  3. The decadence of an evolutionary series of organisms after reaching its highest point of development.

Word forms

paracme paracmes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρακμή (parakmḗ), corresponding to para- + acme.

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