cuspid
pronunciation
How to pronounce cuspid in British English: UK ['kʌspɪd]
How to pronounce cuspid in American English: US ['kʌspɪd]
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- Noun:
- one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
Word Origin
- cuspid (n.)
- 1743, from Latin cuspis (genitive cuspidus) "point, pointed end" (see cusp). Of teeth, from 1878. Related: Cuspidate (adj.), attested from 1690s.
Example
- 1. I was also missing an upper cuspid , which never grew in .
- 2. This minor adjustment is quite easy , as opposed to adjustments made from cuspid to cuspid in the arch form .