anticlimax

noun
/ˈæn.tiˌklaɪ.mæks/US

Etymology

From anti- + climax.

  1. derived from κλῖμαξ
  2. derived from clīmax
  3. formed as anticlimax — “anti- + climax

Definitions

  1. A failed or reverse climax, particularly

    • Reed, Superba of yore, made a gallant effort to summon the Promethean fire that once burned within him when it was his “listening senates to command,” but his vaunted perorations proved anticlimaces and his oratory a flop.
  2. A failed or reverse climax

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for anticlimax. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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