climacteric
A critical stage or decisive pointA critical stage or decisive point; a turning point.
» Tom doesn't know the difference between climax and climacteric.
Tom kennt nicht den Unterschied zwischen Klimax und Klimakterium. — al_ex_an_der
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3 sensesA critical stage or decisive point; a turning point.
Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since, p. 66-67. [H]e was in his grand climacterick, with a florid brow, and a step like youthful agility. Sigourney, Lydia.
A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place, calculated in different ways by different authorities (often identified as every seventh or ninth year).
The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause.
Klimakterium
a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
Examples
1 sentencesTom doesn't know the difference between climax and climacteric.
deTom kennt nicht den Unterschied zwischen Klimax und Klimakterium. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Latin clīmactēricus, from Koine Greek κλιμακτηρικός (klimaktērikós), from κλιμακτήρ (From Latin clīmactēricus, from Koine Greek κλιμακτηρικός (klimaktērikós), from κλιμακτήρ (klimaktḗr, “scale, progression, gradation”).
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Forms
plural: climacterics| Singular | climacteric |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends:menopausechange of life