second childhood

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noun

senility; dotage.

Origin of second childhood

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby second childhood

second baseman, second best, Second Birth, second blessing, second chamber, second childhood, second class, second-class citizen, Second Coming, Second Commandment, second consonant shift

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Example sentences from the Web for second childhood

They look like so many grandfathers in their second-childhood.
Grandfather's Chair|Nathaniel Hawthorne

British Dictionary definitions for second childhood

second childhood

noun

dotage; senility (esp in the phrases in his, her, etc, second childhood)

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Idioms and Phrases with second childhood

second childhood

The dotage of old age; also, childlike playfulness in an adult. For example, Grandpa needs full-time care, now that he's in his second childhood, or Since he retired and started learning to fly, he's been in his second childhood. Depending on the context, this term may allude either to such problems of old age as losing one's mental or physical capacities or to delighting in new pleasures in a childlike fashion. [c. 1900]

单词	second childhood
释义	second childhood SEE SYNONYMS FOR second childhood ON THESAURUS.COM noun senility; dotage. Origin of second childhood First recorded in 1900–05 Words nearby second childhood second baseman, second best, Second Birth, second blessing, second chamber, second childhood, second class, second-class citizen, Second Coming, Second Commandment, second consonant shift Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for second childhood They look like so many grandfathers in their second-childhood. Grandfather's Chair\|Nathaniel Hawthorne British Dictionary definitions for second childhood second childhood noun dotage; senility (esp in the phrases in his, her, etc, second childhood) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with second childhood second childhood The dotage of old age; also, childlike playfulness in an adult. For example, Grandpa needs full-time care, now that he's in his second childhood, or Since he retired and started learning to fly, he's been in his second childhood. Depending on the context, this term may allude either to such problems of old age as losing one's mental or physical capacities or to delighting in new pleasures in a childlike fashion. [c. 1900] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to second childhood infirmity, feebleness, decline, age, dotage, senescence, fatuity, senility, weakness, imbecility, agedness, decrepitude, year, caducity, debility, golden age, longevity, seniority, elderliness, senectitude
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second childhood

noun

Origin of second childhood

Words nearby second childhood

Example sentences from the Web for second childhood

British Dictionary definitions for second childhood

noun

Idioms and Phrases with second childhood

Words related to second childhood