second childhood | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)The period or state ofcognitivedeclineof anelderlyperson, characterized bychildlikejudgmentandbehavior.Synonyms:dotage,senile dementia,senescence,senility1549,Hugh Latimer,The seconde[seventh]sermon of Maister Hughe Latimer which he preached before the Kynges Maiestie in his graces palayce at Westminster, ye xv. day of Marche[-xix daye of Apryll], M.ccccc.xlix:King David being in his childhood, an old man, in hissecond childhood, for all old men are twice children, as the proverb is,Senex bis puer.1846October 1 –1848April 1,Charles Dickens, chapter 52, inDombey and Son, London:Bradbury and Evans,[…], published1848,→OCLC:"You think I'm in mysecond childhood, I know!" croaked the old woman.1951July 16, “Second Prime”, inTime‎[1], archived fromthe originalon23 November 2010:Old age is not alwayssecond childhood, says he. "There is often, instead, a second prime."; (idiomatic)A childlike state in anyadult, resulting from mentalillness,trauma, or other conditions.Synonym:dementia1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], chapter XI, inThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket.[…], New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers,[…],→OCLC,page102:For myself, although at the commencement of the voyage I had been in bad health, and was at all times of a delicate constitution, I suffered less than any of us, being much less reduced in frame, and retaining my powers of mind in a surprising degree, while the rest were completely prostrated in intellect, and seemed to be brought to a species ofsecond childhood, generally simpering in their expressions, with idiotic smiles, and uttering the most absurd platitudes.1891,J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, chapter XIII, inThe Little Minister.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), London; Paris:Cassell and Company,[…],→OCLC:But take care of yourself; a man'ssecond childhoodbegins when a woman gets hold of him.

Examples:

EN: - Look here, young woman. Just mind your own business. I ain't in my second childhood yet.
ES: Míreme, jovencita no se meta en lo que no le importa.
EN: Well, that takes me back to my second childhood consistently.
ES: Eso me lleva a mi segunda infancia.
EN: "It is the second childhood and total oblivion
ES: "es la segunda niñez y el olvido total,
EN: Hannibal, sometimes I think you are in your second childhood.
ES: A veces pienso que estás en una segunda infancia.
EN: Well, then I'll take some blocks along for his second childhood.
ES: Entonces le llevaré juguetes para su segunda infancia.
EN: I will hang it with bells... and she can go into her second childhood in the proper privacy.
ES: Voy a decorarlo con campanas y asi ella podra tener una segunda infancia con la intimidad adecuada.
EN: - Your second childhood.
ES: - Tu segunda infancia.
EN: Charles, sometimes I think you're in your second childhood.
ES: Charles, a veces me da la impresión de que estás reviviendo tu infancia.
EN: - This could bring on my second childhood.
ES: Esto podría provocarme una segunda niñez.
EN: Sort of a second childhood, huh?
ES: Le extirparon las amígdalas.
EN: Because I'm having a second childhood?
ES: ¿Porque estoy teniendo una segunda juventud?
EN: Spelding! Are you in your second childhood?
ES: Spelding, ¿estás teniendo demencia senil?
EN: Mr Evers is slipping into his second childhood.
ES: El Sr. Evers está viviendo una segunda infancia.
EN: I think he's in his second childhood for the third time.
ES: Por tercera vez está pasando por su segunda infancia.
EN: Hmm. They're typical regressions to a second childhood.
ES: Son las típicas regresiones a una segunda niñez.

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