climactic, a. Rhet.
(klaɪˈmæktɪk)
[f. climax, app. after syntax, syntactic, or influenced by climacteric, but not on Greek analogies.]
Pertaining to, or forming, a climax or ascending series.
| 1872 W. Minto Eng. Lit. i. ii. 124 His balanced sentences..and climactic arrangement. 1875 Whitney Life Lang. x. 212 Give the history of development a climactic form. a 1876 Eadie Thessalonians 44 The second και is climactic. |