second childhood as a noun: - 1
second childhood
noun
1 second childhood
Mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations.
synonyms: dotage, senility.
Roget 128:
age;
oldness†
etc.
adj.;
old age,
advanced age,
golden years;
senility,
senescence;
years,
anility†,
gray hairs,
climacteric,
grand climacteric,
declining years,
decrepitude,
hoary age,
caducity†,
superannuation;
second childhood,
second childishness;
dotage;
vale of years,
decline of life,
sear and yellow leaf"
[Macbeth];
threescore years and ten;
green old age,
ripe age;
longevity;
time of life.
seniority,
eldership;
elders
etc.
(veteran)
130;
firstling;
doyen,
father;
primogeniture.
[Science of old age.]
geriatrics,
nostology†.
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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 ... show more.
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