nodus

nodus Definition

no·dus (nō′dəs)

noun pl. -·di′-dī′

complication; difficulty; knotty situation, as in a play

Etymology: ME < L, a knot, node

nodus Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

anghenion: Mae nodi anghenion yn gynnar yn ffactor allweddol, ac mae angen hyfforddi athrawon i adnabod yr arwyddion.

nodus Quotes

Underall theroofs ofthis distracted City isthenodus of a drama, not untragical, crowding towards solution.

—Carlyle,Thomas

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