be in second childhood
11second 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 …
12second childhood — noun mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations • Syn: ↑dotage, ↑senility • Derivationally related forms: ↑senile (for: ↑senility) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
13somebody's second childhood — a/sb s second ˈchildhood f8 idiom a time in the life of an adult person when they behave like a child again Main entry: ↑childhoodidiom …
14second childhood — sec·ond childhood .sek ənd n DOTAGE …
15a second childhood — a/sb s second ˈchildhood f8 idiom a time in the life of an adult person when they behave like a child again Main entry: ↑childhoodidiom …
16second childhood — noun Date: 1641 dotage …
17second childhood — senility; dotage. [1900 05] * * * …
18second childhood — Synonyms and related words: advanced age, advanced years, age of retirement, an incurable disease, anility, caducity, childishness, debility, decline, decline of life, declining years, decrepitude, dotage, dotardism, eld, elderliness, feebleness …
19second childhood — sec′ond child′hood n. senility; dotage • Etymology: 1900–05 …
20second childhood — /sɛkənd ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ (say sekuhnd chuyldhood) noun senility; dotage …
