单词 | twichild |
释义 | > as lemmastwichild twichild n. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪtʃʌɪld/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌtʃaɪld/ (also twy-child) obsolete exc. dialect one who is ‘twice a child’, an old man in his second childhood; also, (one's) second childhood; also as adj.ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > infirm old person decrepit1578 twichildc1580 the world > people > person > old person > [adjective] > second childhood twichildc1580 twice-childish1605 the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > second childhood second childhood1549 second childishnessa1616 second infancya1627 second childship1691 infancy1697 twichild1889 c1580 tr. Bugbears i. iii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 98 313 O my twichild and my babye! 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xx. §199 Old men are said to grow children again, and to bee twichilde. 1829 R. Southey Oliver Newman vi Encumber'd with a twichild man. 1889 A. Gissing Both of this Parish II. xxiii. 175 I thought it was but a deception o' my twichild, for I be getting aged. < as lemmas |
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