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climacteric

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11 lettersPronunciation /klʌɪmakˈtɛɹɪk/Part of speech nounSorted accceiilmrtStarts with CEnds with C0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends

Word origin

From Latin clīmactēricus, from Koine Greek κλιμακτηρικός (klimaktērikós), from κλιμακτήρ (klimaktḗr, “scale, progression, gradation”).

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  • Closely parallel to the belief in unlucky days was the notion of climacteric years, those periodic dates in a man's life which were potential turning-points in his health and fortune.
  • The seeds of a climateric insurrection against the hypocrisy of cultural norms.
  • It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one of the grand climacterics of the world.

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