combining adverbial form of ACUTE, analogous to L. sacro- in sacro-sanctus.
1. prop. Acutely; as in acuto-nodose.
1852. Dana, Crustacea, II. 929. Three abdominal segments … sparingly acuto-nodose on the sides.
2. Acute +; as in acuto-grave.
1807. J. Thelwall, in Monthly Mag., XXIII. 30. Their distinctions of gravo-acute and acuto-grave or circumflexes.
