grand climacteric

American  

noun

1. climacteric3

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grand climacteric

Fortunately the poet was a tough old monk of Exeter; since such a present to a nobleman, now in his grand climacteric, would hardly have been worth the carriage.

From Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers by Various

I groped about the streets of London in all but utter darkness of a twinkling oil lamp, under the protection of watchmen in their grand climacteric, and exposed to every species of degradation and insult. 

From Old Roads and New Roads by Donne, William Bodham

I am now in my grand climacteric, and shall not complete it.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace

Up to the time of our grand climacteric we loved a wide range—and thought nothing of describing and discussing a circle of ten miles diameter in a day, up to our hips in heather.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

Mrs Beazely, the housekeeper, was a good-tempered woman, long past the grand climacteric, and strongly attached to Forster, with whom she had resided many years.

From Newton Forster by Marryat, Frederick