second+childhood

  • 1Second childhood — Childhood Child hood (ch[imac]ld h[oo^]d), n. [AS. cildh[=a]d; cild child + h[=a]d. See {Child}, and { hood}.] 1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. [1913 Webster] I… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2second childhood — n [U] someone who is in their second childhood is old, and their mental abilities are greatly reduced …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 3second childhood — n. senility; dotage …

    English World dictionary

  • 4Second Childhood — Infobox Album Name = Second Childhood Type = Studio album Longtype = Artist = Phoebe Snow Released = January 1976 Recorded = Genre = Soft Rock Length = 40:24 Label = Columbia Producer = Phil Ramone Reviews = Allmusic Rating|3|5… …

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  • 5second childhood — noun a) The period or state of cognitive decline of an elderly person, characterized by childlike judgment and behavior. King David being in his childhood, an old man, in his second childhood, for all old men are twice children, as the proverb is …

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  • 6second childhood — N SING If you say that an old person is in their second childhood, you mean that their mind is becoming weaker and that their behaviour is similar to that of a young child. ...his rapid descent into a second childhood …

    English dictionary

  • 7second childhood — {n. phr.} Senility; dotage. * / Grandpa is in his second childhood; we must make allowances for him at the dinner table, my mother said, as Grandpa dropped food all over the place./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 8second childhood — {n. phr.} Senility; dotage. * / Grandpa is in his second childhood; we must make allowances for him at the dinner table, my mother said, as Grandpa dropped food all over the place./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 9second\ childhood — n. phr. Senility; dotage. Grandpa is in his second childhood; we must make allowances for him at the dinner table, my mother said, as Grandpa dropped food all over the place …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 10second childhood — noun (U) be in your second childhood a polite expression meaning that an old person is behaving and thinking like a small child because their mental abilities are not as good as they used to be …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English