CHILDHOOD

childhood. Childhood, n. the state of a child, infancy

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Child″hood (chīld″ho͝od), n. [[AS. cildhād; cild child + -hād. See Child, and -hood.]] 1. 1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.
I have walked before you from my childhood. 1. Sam. xii. 2. 2. 2. Children, taken collectively.
The well-governed childhood of this realm. Sir. W. Scott. 3. 3. The commencement; the first period.
The childhood of our joy. Shak. Second childhood, the state of being feeble and incapable from old age.