climacterical

English

Adjective

climacterical (comparative more climacterical, superlative most climacterical)

1. Archaic form of climacteric.
   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎^[1], London: Jonathan Cape, page 36:

     For who ever saw the like of these man-eating Ghouls for corruption of manners, inhuman degeneration, and deluge of iniquities? Who every fifth year from time immemorial have had their grand climacterical year, and but last year brake forth in never-imagined ferocity.

Noun

climacterical (plural climactericals)

1. Archaic form of climacteric.

References

• “climacterical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.