单词 | climacterically |
释义 | climactericallyadv. Now rare. In a climacteric manner; spec. †(a) so as to reach a climacteric year, esp. the 63rd year; cf. climacteric adj. 1a (obsolete); (b) towards or by way of a climax, climactically; cf. climacteric adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adverb] > period or stage of life climactericallya1682 the world > people > person > middle-aged person > [adverb] > climacteric climactericallya1682 a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 9 If we reckon up only those days which God hath accepted.., a life of good years will hardly be a span long..and none be climaterically old. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. iv. 309 This late Rebellion is wholly owing to Papists and Scotch Mongrel Jacobits, to whom Rebellion is generally speaking, Climacterically Fatal as well as Climatically Natural. 1782 Festival of Wit 32 A son of medicine..in vital date, climacterically verging. 1849 Ladies' Repository June 190/1 The matter of the article..is climacterically presented, rising from the less to the more important considerations. 1892 Homiletic Rev. Mar. 261/2 These [passages of Scripture] may be so arranged as to present climacterically the purpose and effect of vicarious atonement. 1993 New Republic 14 June 44/2 The anodyne delights of operetta, opéra bouffe and, climacterically, the American musical. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1682 |
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