grand climacteric

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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

Mrs Beazeley, the housekeeper, was a good-tempered woman, long passed the grand climacteric, and strongly attached to Forster, with whom she had resided many years.

From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Marryat, Frederick

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

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)

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