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Meanings of
second childhood
in English
Catalan
senilitat
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Mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations.
dotage
senility
Catalan
senilitat
Usage of
second childhood
in English
1
The old Professor had such slops as suggested a sickening
second
childhood
.
2
Towards the close of his life Chateaubriand was almost in his
second
childhood
.
3
And, whatever you think, I am not in my
second
childhood
.
'
4
Old age is a
second
childhood
in which earliest memories revive.
5
The firm, vigorous intellect had overripened into the mental mellowness of
second
childhood
.
6
I'm talking to myself as though I'd reached my
second
childhood
.
7
He's getting old, and he's come along into his
second
childhood
.
8
That makes you nearly forty, and that's next door to
second
childhood
,
Man!
9
There would be no
second
childhood
,
only the innocence and elasticity of the first.
10
Perhaps you believe me to be in my
second
childhood
.
11
Besides he is almost in his
second
childhood
,
and his wife not much better.
12
We shall not consider that degree of old age which is called
second
childhood
.
13
The master was cracked; he was in his
second
childhood
!
14
One might believe they invented the term
second
childhood
.
15
Suppose we call it the gift of
second
childhood
.
16
As I approach a
second
childhood
,
I endeavour to enter into the pleasures of it.
Other examples for "second childhood"
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This collocation consists of:
second
childhood
second
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
second childhood
Catalan
senilitat
Second childhood
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Second childhood
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