grand climacteric

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My son has such confidence in him that he seemed quite relieved when I had passed my grand climacteric and could get on his list.

From The Old Folks' Party 1898 by Bellamy, Edward

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

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

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

I am now in my grand climacteric, and shall not complete it.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace