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