SECOND CHILDHOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does second childhood mean? 

• SECOND CHILDHOOD (noun)
  The noun SECOND CHILDHOOD has 1 sense:

1. mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

  Familiarity information: SECOND CHILDHOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECOND CHILDHOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

dotage; second childhood; senility

Hypernyms ("second childhood" is a kind of...):

age; eld; geezerhood; old age; years (a late time of life)