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Definition climax

Etymology

From Latin cl?max, from Ancient Greek ?????? (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from ????? (klín?, “I lean, slant”).

Noun

climax (countable and uncountable, plural climaxes)

  1. (originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
  2. (obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
  3. (now commonly) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:
    1. (rhetoric, imprecise) The final term of a rhetorical climax.
    2. (ecology) The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
    3. The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
    4. (narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.

Verb

climax (third-person singular simple present climaxes, present participle climaxing, simple past and past participle climaxed)

  1. To reach or bring to a climax
  2. To orgasm; to reach orgasm

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CALIX 16
CLAIM 12
MALIC 12
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AXIL 12
CALM 11
CALX 15
CLAM 11
LAIC 8
LIMA 8
MAIL 8
MAXI 14
MICA 10
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AIL 4
AIM 6
AMI 6
CAM 9
LAC 7
LAM 7
LAX 11
MAC 9
MAX 13
MIC 9
MIL 7
MIX 13
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AL 3
AM 5
AX 9
LA 3
LI 3
MA 5
MI 5
XI 9

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