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climax

Best crossword clue

"High point"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈklaɪ.mæks/Part of speech noun, verbSorted acilmxStarts with CEnds with X1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

Word origin

From Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to lean, slant”).

Used in a sentence

  • Climax, by steps advancing, onward goes Higher and still more high to an impassion'd close.
  • […]Expressions for the whole Climax of sensibility[…]
  • As a trafficker in climaxes and thrills and characterization and wonderful dialogue and suspense and confrontations, I had outlined the Dresden story many times.

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