grand climacteric
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I am now in my grand climacteric, and shall not complete it.
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace
Climacter′ical.—The grand climacteric, the sixty-third year, supposed to be a critical period for men.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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
The year has reached its grand climacteric, and is fast falling “into the sere, the yellow leaf.”
From Mirror of the Months by Patmore, Peter George
Celestial photography has not reached its grand climacteric; yet its earliest beginnings already seem centuries behind its present performances.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
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