How to Spell climax
climax
climax - noun
- A figure of speech in which a series of phrases or sentences is arranged in ascending order of rhetorical forcefulness
- The highest point : culmination
- The point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action (as of a play)
- Orgasm
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"the climax of a distinguished career"
Etymology
Late Latin, from Greek klimax, literally, ladder, from klinein to lean