Definition of Childhood

Cerberus

CHILDHOOD noun

	The period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth -- two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Christian

Regular definition:

CHILDHOOD:
?t?a?ldhud n. the state or period of being a child. øsecond childhood a person's dotage. [OE cildhad]

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