grand climacteric

American  

noun

1. climacteric3

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Example Sentences

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

Had the lady Maki's son-in-law succeeded Sanetomo, the former would have been the next victim of Tokimasa's ambition, whereafter the field would have been open for the grand climacteric, the supremacy of the Hojo.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

This happened in the depth of winter, when I was in my grand climacteric, and had just recovered of a dangerous disease.

From A journey from this world to the next — Volume 2 by Fielding, Henry

Mr. Hess has passed his grand climacteric; and is a Professor of Design, but more especially a very distinguished Engraver.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

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