Lexic.us

Definition of Climax

1. Noun. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding. "In the flood tide of his success"

2. Verb. End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage. "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"

3. Noun. The decisive moment in a novel or play. "The deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

4. Noun. The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse.

5. Noun. The most severe stage of a disease.

6. Noun. Arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness.

Definition of Climax

1. n. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

Definition of Climax

1. to reach a high or dramatic point [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Climax

1. 1. The height or acme of a disease; its stage of greatest severity. Synonym: orgasm. Origin: G. Klimax, staircase (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Climax

climatic keratopathy climatic zone climating climatize climatized climatizes climatizing climatological climatologies climatologist

climatologists climatology climatology climatotherapy climax (current term) climax (current term) climaxed climaxes climaxing climaxless

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