climactern.

Brit.

/klʌɪˈmaktə/, U.S.

/klaɪˈmæktər/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin clīmactēr; Greek κλιμακτήρ.

Etymology: < classical Latin clīmactēr one of certain critical points in human life, or its etymon ancient Greek κλιμακτήρ rung of a ladder, in Hellenistic Greek also one of certain critical points in human life < κλίμαξ ladder (see climax n.) + -τήρ , suffix forming agent nouns. Compare Middle French, French †climatere (adjective) climacteric (1546). Compare earlier climacterical n., later climactery n., and also earlier climacterial adj.

Now rare.

A climacteric or critical year or period of time in a person's life or career; spec. the female menopause. Also: a year or period of time in which a critical event or significant change occurs or is expected to occur. Cf. climacteric n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [noun] > middle age > climacteric

climate1574

climacterical1611

climacter1623

climacterial?1632

grand climacteric1634

climacteric1742

climacterium1876

climactery1887

1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) ii. sig. E2^v The sixtie three yeare of man's age..called Climactericall, (because it ariseth of nine Septenaries, as so many Climacters or Ladder-rounds).

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §28. 65 In his yeares there is no Climacter, his duration is eternity.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Climacter, the perillous time of mans life, at every seven or nine years end.

1697 J. Partridge Defectio Geniturarum i. x. 92 Do you allow the Crisis and the Climacter to be both from the same Cause, and yet allow the one to kill, and the other not?

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. vi. iv. 513 There, now we have taken a little respiration; and here comes our terrible climacter.

1831 Anti-Infidel 25 Nov. 401/1 The most careless observers seem convinced that we live in an extra-ordinary climacter of the world.

1859 H. Binney Leaders Old Bar Philadelphia 11 Almost any law book that is more than twenty-one years of age, like a single lady who has attained that climacter, is said to be too old for much devotion.

1948 Acta Radiologica 29 200 Estrogen output in both cases, owing to the climacter, was low.

1991 G. Greer Change (1993) i. 24 The critical time corresponds with the fifth climacter of a woman's life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	climacter
释义	climactern. Brit. /klʌɪˈmaktə/, U.S. /klaɪˈmæktər/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin clīmactēr; Greek κλιμακτήρ. Etymology: < classical Latin clīmactēr one of certain critical points in human life, or its etymon ancient Greek κλιμακτήρ rung of a ladder, in Hellenistic Greek also one of certain critical points in human life < κλίμαξ ladder (see climax n.) + -τήρ , suffix forming agent nouns. Compare Middle French, French †climatere (adjective) climacteric (1546). Compare earlier climacterical n., later climactery n., and also earlier climacterial adj. Now rare. A climacteric or critical year or period of time in a person's life or career; spec. the female menopause. Also: a year or period of time in which a critical event or significant change occurs or is expected to occur. Cf. climacteric n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [noun] > middle age > climacteric climate1574 climacterical1611 climacter1623 climacterial?1632 grand climacteric1634 climacteric1742 climacterium1876 climactery1887 1623 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie (rev. ed.) ii. sig. E2^v The sixtie three yeare of man's age..called Climactericall, (because it ariseth of nine Septenaries, as so many Climacters or Ladder-rounds). 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §28. 65 In his yeares there is no Climacter, his duration is eternity. View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Climacter, the perillous time of mans life, at every seven or nine years end. 1697 J. Partridge Defectio Geniturarum i. x. 92 Do you allow the Crisis and the Climacter to be both from the same Cause, and yet allow the one to kill, and the other not? 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. vi. iv. 513 There, now we have taken a little respiration; and here comes our terrible climacter. 1831 Anti-Infidel 25 Nov. 401/1 The most careless observers seem convinced that we live in an extra-ordinary climacter of the world. 1859 H. Binney Leaders Old Bar Philadelphia 11 Almost any law book that is more than twenty-one years of age, like a single lady who has attained that climacter, is said to be too old for much devotion. 1948 Acta Radiologica 29 200 Estrogen output in both cases, owing to the climacter, was low. 1991 G. Greer Change (1993) i. 24 The critical time corresponds with the fifth climacter of a woman's life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623
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