second childhoodn.

Brit.

/ˌsɛk(ə)nd ˈtʃʌɪldhʊd/, U.S.

/ˌsɛkənd ˈtʃaɪl(d)ˌ(h)ʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: second adj., childhood n.

Etymology: < second adj. + childhood n. Compare French seconde enfance (1560 or earlier with reference to old age (compare sense 2), 1631 or earlier in sense 1), deuxième enfance (1812 or earlier in sense 1).Hippocrates ( de Septimanis 5) uses ancient Greek παῖς ‘child’ to denote the second stage of childhood.

1. The second stage of human life, between the ages of 7 and 14. rare. Now historical.With reference to the seven ages of man described by Hippocrates (see etymology note).

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vi. iv. 300 Þe age of þe firste childehood þat is wiþinne seven ȝere endeþ in þe biginnynge of þe secounde childehode þat is bitwene seuene and fourtene.

1900 A. F. Chamberlain Child iv. 70 Dr E. Verrier..divides human life in these periods:... 2. Second childhood (la deuxième enfance), from seven to fourteen years.

2007 C. Heywood Growing up in France iii. 74 Correspondingly, ‘second’ childhood often came to mean three to seven, instead of seven to fourteen.

2. A period in one's adult life characterized by playful or pleasure-seeking behaviour, esp. one occurring when no longer burdened with responsibilities, or as a consequence of reduced mental capabilities in old age. Cf. dotage n. 1.

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the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > second childhood

second childhood1549

second childishnessa1616

second infancya1627

second childship1691

infancy1697

twichild1889

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 399 She..turned ageyn vnto childhede.]

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. B.ii^v Kynge Dauid beynge in hys chyldhode, an old man, in hys second chyldhode, for al old men are twise chyldren.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 113 S. John..died in his second childhood at Ephesus.

1789 H. Walpole Reminisc. in Lett. (1846) I. p. cx I began with tales of my nursery, and prove that I have been writing in my second childhood.

1795 C. Este Journey through Flanders 53 There is a round-about as in the apparatus for second childhood at Chantilli.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. i. 11 Lord Privilege..was fast verging to a state of second childhood.

1884 A. Lang Custom & Myth 27 A people fallen early into its sacerdotage and priestly second childhood.

1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xi. 192 They were patronizingly assuring him that he still painted wonderfully well for an old dotard in his second childhood.

1987 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 May c1 Miss Daisy, on the brink of her second childhood, is living in a rest home.

2008 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 24 Dec. 40 It isn't just youngsters kneeling by the track making chuff-chuff noises, but well-off over-50s indulging in a second childhood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	second childhood
释义	second childhoodn. Brit. /ˌsɛk(ə)nd ˈtʃʌɪldhʊd/, U.S. /ˌsɛkənd ˈtʃaɪl(d)ˌ(h)ʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: second adj., childhood n. Etymology: < second adj. + childhood n. Compare French seconde enfance (1560 or earlier with reference to old age (compare sense 2), 1631 or earlier in sense 1), deuxième enfance (1812 or earlier in sense 1).Hippocrates ( de Septimanis 5) uses ancient Greek παῖς ‘child’ to denote the second stage of childhood. 1. The second stage of human life, between the ages of 7 and 14. rare. Now historical.With reference to the seven ages of man described by Hippocrates (see etymology note). ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vi. iv. 300 Þe age of þe firste childehood þat is wiþinne seven ȝere endeþ in þe biginnynge of þe secounde childehode þat is bitwene seuene and fourtene. 1900 A. F. Chamberlain Child iv. 70 Dr E. Verrier..divides human life in these periods:... 2. Second childhood (la deuxième enfance), from seven to fourteen years. 2007 C. Heywood Growing up in France iii. 74 Correspondingly, ‘second’ childhood often came to mean three to seven, instead of seven to fourteen. 2. A period in one's adult life characterized by playful or pleasure-seeking behaviour, esp. one occurring when no longer burdened with responsibilities, or as a consequence of reduced mental capabilities in old age. Cf. dotage n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > second childhood second childhood1549 second childishnessa1616 second infancya1627 second childship1691 infancy1697 twichild1889 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 399 She..turned ageyn vnto childhede.] 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. B.ii^v Kynge Dauid beynge in hys chyldhode, an old man, in hys second chyldhode, for al old men are twise chyldren. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 113 S. John..died in his second childhood at Ephesus. 1789 H. Walpole Reminisc. in Lett. (1846) I. p. cx I began with tales of my nursery, and prove that I have been writing in my second childhood. 1795 C. Este Journey through Flanders 53 There is a round-about as in the apparatus for second childhood at Chantilli. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. i. 11 Lord Privilege..was fast verging to a state of second childhood. 1884 A. Lang Custom & Myth 27 A people fallen early into its sacerdotage and priestly second childhood. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xi. 192 They were patronizingly assuring him that he still painted wonderfully well for an old dotard in his second childhood. 1987 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 May c1 Miss Daisy, on the brink of her second childhood, is living in a rest home. 2008 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 24 Dec. 40 It isn't just youngsters kneeling by the track making chuff-chuff noises, but well-off over-50s indulging in a second childhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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