nodus

[ noh-duhs ]

noun

, plural no·di [noh, -dahy, -dee].

1. a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.

nodus

/ ˈnəʊdəs /

noun

1. a problematic idea, situation, etc
2. another word for node

Word History and Origins

Origin of nodus¹

1350–1400; Middle English: knot in the flesh < Latin nōdus knot

Word History and Origins

Origin of nodus¹

C14: from Latin: knot

Example Sentences

Under all roofs of this distracted City is the nodus of a Drama, not untragical, crowding toward solution.

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Tum extrema pars eius inferioribus acu assuenda est; nam nodus vulnus laedit, nisi tamen longe est (V. xxvi).

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Nodus Secundus, δ Draconis, "the second of the four knots or convolutions."

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To one god in particular we may apply the Horatian maxim, "Nec deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus."

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He will not have recourse to the devil for the solution of a nodus, till he has exhausted more legitimate sources of assistance.

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