second childhood

Noun

Meaning

mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

Source: WordNet

senility dotage infirmity senescence feebleness decrepitude caducity anility senectitude senile dementia geezerhood childlike playfulness

reason sense balance rationality sanity sobriety

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age eld years old age geezerhood

The old are in a second childhood. Aristophanes

The second childhood of a saint is the early infancy of a happy immortality, as we believe. William Mountford

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