Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia. · An accent or tone higher than others. · An acute accent (´).
To give an acute sound to. · To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.
Brief, quick, short. · High or shrill. · Intense; sensitive; sharp. · Urgent.
From Late Middle English acute (“of a disease or fever: starting suddenly and lasting for a short time; of a humour: irritating, sharp”), from Latin acūta, from acūtus (“sharp, sharpened”), perfect passive participle of acuō (“to make pointed, sharpen, whet”), from acus (“needle, pin”). The word is cognate to ague (“acute, intermittent fever”). As regards the noun, which is derived from the verb, compare Middle English acūte (“severe but short-lived fever; of blood: corrosiveness, sharpness; musical note of high pitch”).
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