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climax
(encz) | climax,klimax (biologie) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
climax
(encz) | climax,nejvyšší bod Zdeněk Brož |
climax
(encz) | climax,vrchol n: Zdeněk Brož |
climax
(encz) | climax,vyvrcholení n: Zdeněk Brož |
climax
(encz) | climax,vyvrcholit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Climax
(gcide) | Climax \Cli"max\, n. [L., from Gr. ? ladder, staircase, fr. ? to
make to bend, to lean. See Ladder, Lean, v. i.]
1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
--Glanvill.
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2. (Rhet.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or
paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises
above its predecessor in impressiveness.
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"Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience,
and experience hope" -- a happy climax. --J. D.
Forbes.
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3. The highest point; the greatest degree.
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We must look higher for the climax of earthly good.
--I. Taylor.
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To cap the climax, to surpass everything, as in excellence
or in absurdity. [Colloq.]
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climax
(wn) | climax
n 1: the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or
developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's
career"; "in the flood tide of his success" [syn: climax,
flood tide]
2: the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene
is the climax of the play" [syn: climax, culmination]
3: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
[syn: orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming]
4: the most severe stage of a disease
5: arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
v 1: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The
meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" [syn: culminate,
climax] |
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anticlimax
(encz) | anticlimax,rozčarování anticlimax,vystřízlivění |
climaxes
(encz) | climaxes, |
fire climax
(encz) | fire climax,pyroklimax [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
monoclimax
(encz) | monoclimax,monoklimax [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
panclimax
(encz) | panclimax,panklimax n: [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
polyclimax
(encz) | polyclimax,polyklimax n: [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
postclimax
(encz) | postclimax,postklimax n: [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
preclimax
(encz) | preclimax,preklimax n: [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
proclimax
(encz) | proclimax,proklimax [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
pyroclimax
(encz) | pyroclimax,pyroklimax n: [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
sexual climax
(encz) | sexual climax, n: |
Anticlimax
(gcide) | Anticlimax \An`ti*cli"max\, n. (Rhet.)
A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important
and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It
produces a ridiculous effect.
Note: Example:
Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,
Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl of Mar.
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Climax
(gcide) | Climax \Cli"max\, n. [L., from Gr. ? ladder, staircase, fr. ? to
make to bend, to lean. See Ladder, Lean, v. i.]
1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
--Glanvill.
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2. (Rhet.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or
paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises
above its predecessor in impressiveness.
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"Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience,
and experience hope" -- a happy climax. --J. D.
Forbes.
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3. The highest point; the greatest degree.
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We must look higher for the climax of earthly good.
--I. Taylor.
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To cap the climax, to surpass everything, as in excellence
or in absurdity. [Colloq.]
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To cap the climax
(gcide) | Climax \Cli"max\, n. [L., from Gr. ? ladder, staircase, fr. ? to
make to bend, to lean. See Ladder, Lean, v. i.]
1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
--Glanvill.
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2. (Rhet.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or
paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises
above its predecessor in impressiveness.
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"Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience,
and experience hope" -- a happy climax. --J. D.
Forbes.
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3. The highest point; the greatest degree.
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We must look higher for the climax of earthly good.
--I. Taylor.
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To cap the climax, to surpass everything, as in excellence
or in absurdity. [Colloq.]
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anticlimax
(wn) | anticlimax
n 1: a disappointing decline after a previous rise; "the
anticlimax of a brilliant career"
2: a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one [syn:
anticlimax, bathos] |
sexual climax
(wn) | sexual climax
n 1: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
[syn: orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming] |
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