Meaning:
childhood
'tʃaɪldhʊdn.
the time of person's life when they are a child
the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
your second childhood Idiom, Proverb
in one's second childhood
Idiom(s): in one's second childhood
Theme: CHILDHOOD
being interested in things or people that normally interest children.
• My father bought himself a toy train, and my mother said he was in his second childhood.
• Whenever I go to the river and throw stones, I feel as if I'm in my second childhood.
second childhood|childhood|second
n. phr. Senility; dotage. "Grandpa is in his second childhood; we must make allowances for him at the dinner table," my mother said, as Grandpa dropped food all over the place.
second childhood
second childhood
The dotage of old age; also, childlike playfulness in an adult. For example, Grandpa needs full-time care, now that he's in his second childhood, or Since he retired and started learning to fly, he's been in his second childhood. Depending on the context, this term may allude either to such problems of old age as losing one's mental or physical capacities or to delighting in new pleasures in a childlike fashion. [c. 1900]