grand climacteric
Americannoun
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This year I am in my grand climacteric, and the state of my health has been a good deal worse than usual.
From Life of Adam Smith by John Rae
Mrs Beazeley, the housekeeper, was a good-tempered woman, long passed the grand climacteric, and strongly attached to Forster, with whom she had resided many years.
From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Frederick Marryat
I am now in my grand climacteric, and shall not complete it.
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Grace Wharton
Alas! he has not even reached his grand climacteric.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Sir Walter Besant
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 Frederick Marryat
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