SECOND CHILDHOOD

Meaning of SECOND CHILDHOOD in English

If you say that an old person is in their second childhood , you mean that their mind is becoming weaker and that their behaviour is similar to that of a young child.

N-SING

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SECOND CHILDHOOD — noun Date: 1641 dotage
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SECOND CHILDHOOD — noun : dotage
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SECOND CHILDHOOD — senility; dotage. [ 1900-05 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SECOND CHILDHOOD — Date: 1641 : dotage
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SECOND CHILDHOOD — Function: noun Date: 1641 : DOTAGE
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SECOND CHILDHOOD — [second childhood] n (1641): dotage
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SECOND CHILDHOOD — ˌsecond ˈchildhood BrE AmE noun [uncountable] someone who is in their second childhood is old, and their mental abilities are …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SECOND CHILDHOOD — If you say that an old person is in their ~, you mean that their mind is becoming weaker and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SECOND CHILDHOOD — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Lilian was in her second childhood and Harriet was expecting her second child, which she …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SECOND CHILDHOOD — Synonyms and related words : advanced age, advanced years, age of retirement, an incurable disease, anility, caducity, childishness, debility, decline, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SECOND CHILDHOOD — {n. phr.} Senility; dotage. * /"Grandpa is in his second childhood; we must make allowances for him at the dinner …
Slang English vocab
SECOND CHILDHOOD — Function: noun Synonyms: DOTAGE , senility
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SECOND CHILDHOOD — noun Synonyms: dotage , senility
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SECOND CHILDHOOD — {n. phr.} Senility; dotage. * /"Grandpa is in his second childhood; we must make allowances for him at the dinner …
Словарь английских идиом
SECOND CHILDHOOD — n. phr. Senility; dotage. "Grandpa is in his second childhood; we must make allowances for him at the dinner table," …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SECOND CHILDHOOD — второе детство, старческий маразм - he's in his * он выжил из ума, он впал в детство
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SECOND CHILDHOOD — второе детство, старческий маразм he's in his second childhood - он выжил из ума, он впал в детство
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SECOND CHILDHOOD — второе детство, старческий маразм he's in his ~ - он выжил из ума, он впал в детство
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SECOND CHILDHOOD — второе детство, старческий маразм he's in his second childhood - он выжил из ума, он впал в детство
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SECOND CHILDHOOD — "второе детство"; старческий маразм.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
SECOND CHILDHOOD — второе детство, старческий маразм - he's in his * он выжил из ума, он впал в детство
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHILDHOOD — infantie. CHILDISH: infantil, pueril
English interlingue dictionary
CHILDHOOD — pagkabata
English-Visayan vocabulary
CHILDHOOD — noun Date: before 12th century the state or period of being a child, the early period in the development of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SECOND — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Second Empire style Marne Second Battle of the Northern War Second Persian Gulf War …
Английский словарь Британика
SECOND — I. ˈsekənd, -ənt, before a consonant often -kən sometimes -k ə ŋ adjective Etymology: Middle English second, secound, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHILDHOOD — ˈchīldˌhu̇d noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English childhod, from Old English cildhād, from cild child + -hād -hood 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHILDHOOD — (n.) The commencement; the first period.
Английский словарь Webster
CHILDHOOD — (n.) Children, taken collectively.
Английский словарь Webster
CHILDHOOD — (n.) The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy …
Английский словарь Webster
CHILDHOOD — ( n. ) The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHILDHOOD — ( n. ) The commencement; the first period.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SECOND — second 1 — seconder , n. /sek"euhnd/ , adj. 1. next after the first; being the ordinal number for two. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHILDHOOD — /chuyld"hood/ , n. 1. the state or period of being a child. 2. the early stage in the existence of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SECOND — I. ˈse-kənd also -kənt, especially before a consonant -kən, -k ə ŋ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French secund, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SECOND — noun aid; assistance; help. 2. second ·noun the second part in a concerted piece; often popularly applied to the …
Webster English vocab
CHILDHOOD — noun children, taken collectively. 2. childhood ·noun the commencement; the first period. 3. childhood ·noun the state of being a …
Webster English vocab
SECOND — [sec.ond] adj [ME, fr. OF, fr. L secundus second, following, favorable, fr. sequi to follow--more at sue] (13c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SECOND — fundamental unit of time, now defined in terms of radiation emitted from atoms of the element cesium under specified conditions. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SECOND — I second adjective; noun; number; adverb; determiner; verb 'support' BrE AmE ˈsek ə nd !!- ə nt ▷ second|ed ɪd …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHILDHOOD — childhood BrE AmE ˈtʃaɪ ə ld hʊd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SECOND — I . *sec·ond / ˈsekənd; NAmE / determiner , ordinal number , adverb , noun , verb —see also second …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHILDHOOD — / ˈtʃaɪldhʊd; NAmE / noun [ U , C ] the period of sb's life when they are a child …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SECOND — I. sec ‧ ond 1 S1 W1 /ˈsekənd/ BrE AmE number 1 . the second person, thing, event etc is …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHILDHOOD — child ‧ hood W3 /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] the period of time when you are a child: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SECOND — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 2 in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHILDHOOD — n. the state or period of being a child. øsecond childhood a person's dotage. [OE cildhad]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SECOND — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 2 in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHILDHOOD — n. the state or period of being a child. second childhood a person's dotage. [ OE cildhad ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SECOND — 1. n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 2 in …
Oxford English vocab
CHILDHOOD — n. the state or period of being a child. Phrases and idioms: second childhood a person's dotage. Etymology: OE cildhad
Oxford English vocab
SECOND — I. PART OF A MINUTE /sekənd/ ( seconds) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHILDHOOD — ( childhoods) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. A person’s childhood is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SECOND — I. number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a first/second/third etc edition ▪ The first edition was published in 1986. a second …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHILDHOOD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a childhood dream (= that you had when you were a child ) ▪ I …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHILDHOOD — [noun]She spent most of her childhood (= the time when she was a child) living abroad. [C]Childhood is not always …
Cambridge English vocab
SECOND — n. Second Empire Baroque Second Empire style Marne Second Battle of the Northern War Second Persian Gulf War Second Second …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHILDHOOD — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ carefree , good , happy ▪ deprived , difficult , lonely , rough , traumatic , troubled …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SECOND — • ↑ a second • ↑ a second/an instant • ↑ be first/second etc • ↑ have second thoughts • …
Longman Activator English vocab
SECOND — n. 25B6; adjective the second day of the trial : NEXT, following, subsequent, succeeding. he keeps a second pair of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SECOND — adj. 1 subsequent, following, next He let the first target go by and aimed for the second one 2 subordinate, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CHILDHOOD — n. infancy, babyhood, boyhood or girlhood, youth, puberty, minority, adolescence, teens During her childhood the family moved to Kent She …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SECOND — I 1. сущ. 1) а) помощник; следующий по рангу second in command ≈ заместитель командира б) полигр. помощник наборщика 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHILDHOOD — сущ. детство to be in second childhood ≈ впасть в детство childhood disease детство - * friend друг детства - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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