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Word: laodicean (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...repeatedly saying "he's one of us" as the narrator says of the rejected Lord Jim, Dysart keeps asking himself, "why should I make this boy one of us, why not leave him in his own world?" For Dysart is the victim of a low sperm count, a Laodicean marriage, and "professional menopause" and he almost wants to preserve Strang's passion in a world he sees as otherwise dull and godless...

Author: By Gregory F. Lawless, | Title: Blinding the All-Seeing Gods | 12/1/1975 | See Source »

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