grand climacteric
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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
Emerson wrote occasionally in verse from his school-days until he had reached the age which used to be known as the grand climacteric, sixty-three....
From Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Turpin, Edna Henry Lee
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
Stap my vitals, but the author grows scurrilous in his grand climacteric!
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas
I am now in my grand climacteric, and shall not complete it.
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace
