nodus

American  

[noh-duhs] / ˈnoʊ dəs /

noun

plural

nodi

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

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nodus British  

/ ˈnəʊdəs /

noun

1. a problematic idea, situation, etc

2. another word for node

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Etymology

Origin of nodus

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

Example Sentences

But to the Castilian historian the occasion might seem worthy of a miracle,—dignus vindice nodus.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

"What Horace says":—         Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus         Inciderit.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary

If a man really understands it, a very few words will avail to explain the nodus.

From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by Hogg, James

Last month we warned Mr O'Connell of "the uplifted thunderbolt" suspended in the Jovian hands of the Wellesley, but ready to descend when the "dignus vindice nodus" should announce itself.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 by Various

Post-nodal costal spaces: in Odonata, the cells below costal margin from nodus to stigma.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.