Cacuminal \Ca*cu"mi*nal\, a. [L. cacumen, cacuminis, the top, point.] (Philol.) Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.
cacuminal adj : pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate [syn: {retroflex}]