Wednesday, August 31, 2016

nodus | Word of the Day

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Aug. 31, 2016

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\NOH-duh s\
noun
1. a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
Quotes
We are approaching the true nodus of our business, difficulty of difficulties ...
-- Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich the Second, Called Frederick the Great, 1858–65
 
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Origin of nodus
Nodus stems from the Latin nōdus meaning "knot." It entered English around 1400.
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