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climax
English
Etymology
From Latin cl?max, from Ancient Greek ?????? (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from ????? (klín?, “I lean, slant”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kl??-m?ks IPA(key): /?kla?mæks/
- Rhymes: -a?mæks
Noun
climax (countable and uncountable, plural climaxes or (rare) climaces)
- (originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
- (obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
- 1781, John Moore, A view of society and manners in Italy, Vol. I, Ch. vi, p. 63:
- ...Expressions for the whole Climax of sensibility...
- 1781, John Moore, A view of society and manners in Italy, Vol. I, Ch. vi, p. 63:
- (narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
- (now commonly) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:
- 1789, Trifler, 448, No. XXXV:
- In the accomplishment of this, they frequently reach the climax of absurdity.
- (rhetoric, imprecise) The final term of a rhetorical climax.
- 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, Ch. ix, p. 147:
- When he adds epithets of praise, his climax is ‘so English’.
- 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, Ch. ix, p. 147:
- (ecology) The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
- 1915 July 17, Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory:
- The succession of associations leading to a climax represents the process of adjustment to the conditions of stress, and the climax represents a condition of relative equilibrium. Climax associations... are the resultants of certain climatic, geological... conditions.
- 1915 July 17, Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory:
- The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
- 1918, Marie Carmichael Stopes, Married love, 50:
- In many cases the man's climax comes so swiftly that the woman's reactions are not nearly ready.
- 1918, Marie Carmichael Stopes, Married love, 50:
- 1789, Trifler, 448, No. XXXV:
Synonyms
- (rhetorical device): incrementum; (imprecise): auxesis, catacosmesis
- (culmination): See Thesaurus:apex
Antonyms
- (rhetorical device): catacosmesis
Derived terms
- climactic
- climax community
- monoclimax
- polyclimax
Related terms
- climacteric
Translations
See also
- anadiplosis
Verb
climax (third-person singular simple present climaxes, present participle climaxing, simple past and past participle climaxed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To reach or bring to a climax.
- 2018, Craig Snyder, The Boxers of Youngstown Ohio
- Frank had two bouts in October of 1954, losing them both, and then climaxed his career with a 6-round decision victory over Mickey Warner on December 1, 1954.
- 2018, Craig Snyder, The Boxers of Youngstown Ohio
- (intransitive) To orgasm; to reach orgasm.
Further reading
- climax in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- climax in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kli.maks/
Noun
climax m (uncountable)
- climax (all senses)
Derived terms
- anteclimax
- climacique
- conclimax
- paraclimax
- peniclimax
- subclimax
Romanian
Etymology
From French climax.
Noun
climax n (plural climaxuri)
- climax
Declension
Spanish
Noun
climax m (plural climax)
- climax
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zeal
English
Etymology
From Middle English zele, from Old French zel, from Late Latin z?lus, from Ancient Greek ????? (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?- (“to search”). Related to jealous.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /zi?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /zil/
- Rhymes: -i?l
Noun
zeal (countable and uncountable, plural zeals)
- The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
- Synonyms: ardour, eagerness, enthusiasm, intensity, passion
- Antonym: apathy
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Romans 10.2,[1]
- […] I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
- 1687, John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther, London: Jacob Tonson, Part 3, p. 96,[2]
- Zeal, the blind conductor of the will
- 1779, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Part 12, pp. 143-144,[3]
- […] the highest zeal in religion and the deepest hypocrisy, so far from being inconsistent, are often or commonly united in the same individual character.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, London: John Murray, Volume 1, Chapter 14, p. 250,[4]
- [He] would begin admiring her drawings with so much zeal and so little knowledge as seemed terribly like a would-be lover,
- 1962, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Chapter 15, p. 248,[5]
- The stockman’s zeal for eliminating the coyote has resulted in plagues of field mice, which the coyote formerly controlled.
- (obsolete) A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion.
- Synonym: zealot
- 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, London: Robert Allot, Act V, Scene 5, p. 85,[6]
- […] like a malicious purblinde zeale as thou art!
- 1642, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, London: Andrew Crooke, p. 5,[7]
- […] there are questionlesse both in Greeke, Roman and Africa Churches, solemnities, and ceremonies, whereof the wiser zeales doe make a Christian use, and stand condemned by us;
- The collective noun for a group of zebras.
- Synonyms: dazzle, herd
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Elza, laze, zale
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