climacteric
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The timing of the “climacteric” — Sam prefers the medical term, more suitably dramatic — comes as its own kind of cruelty.
From New York Times
“The climacteric marks the end of apologising. The chrysalis of conditioning has once and for all to break and the female woman finally to emerge.”
From The Guardian
Mr. Broadbent said, in a subsequent statement, that he had been trying to explain the word “climacteric,” used by economic historians to describe a period of low productivity growth during the 19th century.
Insanity was the most troubling possible climacteric diagnosis, in part because it was loosely defined.
From Washington Post
Apples, some melons and many fruits with pits, including apricots, are called climacteric fruit.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
