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View synonyms for second childhood
second childhood
noun
- senility; dotage.
second childhood
noun
- dotage; senility (esp in the phrases in his, her, etc, second childhood )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of second childhood1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Idioms and Phrases
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]Discover More
Example Sentences
They look like so many grandfathers in their second-childhood.
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