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Noun: second childhood  'se-kund 'chI(-u)ld,hûd
  1. Mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
    "His family worried as he slipped into second childhood";
    - dotage, senility

Derived forms: second childhoods

Type of: age, eld, geezerhood [informal], old age, years

Encyclopedia: Second childhood