grand climacteric
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His figure and physiognomical expression bespoke a rapid approach to the grand climacteric of human life.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Alas! he has not even reached his grand climacteric.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir
I am now in my grand climacteric, and shall not complete it.
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace
That exhilaration, that luxury of leisurely circumspection may never return, or only, as happily in my own case, with the grand climacteric.
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by Strachey, John St. Loe
In the year 1866, Emerson reached the age which used to be spoken of as the "grand climacteric."
From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
