Meanings
nounchange of life (uncountable)
- datedeuphemisticidiomaticuncountableMenopause.
But of course she's coming near her change of life, for she's years older than he is.
1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 17, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina, […]], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
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