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second childhood
noun
- senility; dotage.
second childhood
noun
- dotage; senility (esp in the phrases in his, her, etc, second childhood )
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of second childhood1
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]Example Sentences
The toy sector has had a tough year, but second childhoods may just have provided a new seam to exploit.
"But you are in second childhood, Michael," I tell myself.
And so we filled that gap with a lot of leisure activities and this frenzied pursuit of a second childhood.
“My dad made a lot of money and had a second childhood,†Moskowitz said.
“I was having a kind of second childhood,†Bill Loud said in 1982.
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