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6 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
noun the decisive moment in a novel or play
noun the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
originFrom Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to lean, slant”).
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