in second childhood



in one's second childhood

Fig. [of an adult] interested in things or people that normally interest children. My father bought himself a toy train, and my mother said he was in his second childhood. Whenever I go to the river and throw stones, I feel as if I'm in my second childhood.
See also: childhood, second

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Felicidadfe-lee-thee-DHAHD (Spanish), fe-lee-see-DHAHD (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Samanthasə-MAN-thə (English)English, Italian, Dutch
QuannaKWAH-nəAfrican American (Rare)
SaoirseSEER-shaIrish
Dimitrij-Slovene, Macedonian
Italus-Roman Mythology