Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Acute (-r)
acute (-r), adj. [L. acūtus, sharpen.] (webplay: degrees, distinctions, hearing).
- Penetrating; sharp; intense.
- More difficult; more painful; more excruciating; more severe.
- Critical; crucial; poignant; [lit.] pointed; sharp-angled; not quite at a right angle.
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