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Second childhood

second childhood
{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./
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  ~ n be in your second childhood a polite expression meaning that an old person is behaving and thinking like a small child because their mental abilities are not as good as they used to be ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  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 ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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   noun  Date: 1641 dotage ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  1. второе детство, старческий маразм he's in his second childhood —- он выжил из ума, он впал в детство ...
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