'Second childhood' definitions:
Definition of 'second childhood'
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Definition of 'Second childhood'
From: GCIDE
- 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 have walked before you from my childhood. --1. Sam. xii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Children, taken collectively. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The well-governed childhood of this realm. --Sir. W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The commencement; the first period. [1913 Webster]
- The childhood of our joy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Second childhood, the state of being feeble and incapable from old age. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'second childhood'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- green old age,
- hale old age,
- hoary age,
- infirm old age,
- infirmity,
- infirmity of age,
- longevity,
- old age,
- oldness,
- pensionable age,
- ricketiness,
- ripe old age,
- senectitude,
- senile debility,
- senile dementia,
- senile psychosis,
- senile weakness,
- senilism,
- senility,
- senior citizenship,
- superannuation,
- the downward slope,
- the golden years,
- vale of years,
- white hairs