We have the "second childhood." In Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man, it is the "Seventh Age."

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players,
They have their exits and entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then, the whining schoolboy with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice
In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd,
With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws, and modern instances,
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side,
His youthful hose well sav'd, a world too wide,
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again towards childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything."

"Sans everything," seems more like a "second infancy."

Mont Orgueil, a castle in Jersey


orgueil (ohr-goy), masc.

pride

« Quand l'orgueil chemine devant, honte et dommage suivent de près. » - Gabriel MEURIER, Trésor des sentences
When pride walks first, shame and hurt follow close behind.

« L’orgueil de ton coeur t’a séduit, parce que tu* habites dans les antres des rochers, et que to résides dans les lieus les plus élevés ; to as dit en toi –même : Qui m’en fera descendre ? » La Sainte Bible, Abdias 1 :3
The pride of your heart has charmed you, because you inhabit dens among the rocks, because you live in the highest places; you have said to yourself: ‘Who will make me come down?‘ The Bible, Obadiah 3:1

singe singe (sehnzh) masc.

monkey

Synonyms: anthropoïde, guenon, gugusse, imitateur, macaque, maggot, primate, quadrumane, sagouin, simian.

Idioms :
Être un singe sur une branche = to be at home, in one’s natural setting
Literally: To be a monkey on a branch

Payer en monnaie de singe = to pay with beautiful words
Literally: To pay in monkey money

oignon (oh-n’yohng), masc.

1. onion
2. bulb (of tulip, etc)
3. bunion, corn (under sole of foot)

synonyms : bulbe, callosité, cor, durillon, montre, racine

Idiom :
Ce ne sont pas vos oignons. = Its none of your business.
Literally : Those are not your onions.

geste s. masculine

gesture, motion, movement.

D’un geste de la main = with a wave, motion of the hand
Faire un geste = to make a gesture, to make a sign
Joindre le geste à la parole = to suit the action to the word
geste d’affection = an endearment

beau geste s. m.

handsome gesture, gesture of sympathy, act of kindness

« Un gentleman est quelqu’un qui est capable de décrire Sophia Loren sans faire de gestes. » - Michel Audiard
A gentleman is a man who is able to describe Sophia Loren without gesturing.


geste s. feminine

if used in the feminine geste refers to
1. epic poetry; a mediaeval verse-chronicle of heroic adventures.
2. faits et gestes , doings, exploits

I like "des gestes d'affection"...

:)

ah yes, we all do. Non? anyway i do too. How about some specific examples? Pat on the back. Hug. ?

Terms of endearment are words not motions so I'm guessing they are not included in gestes. Except in a metaphoric way.

« Il y a toujours deux raisons pour faire quelque chose: une bonne raison et la vraie raison. » – Salvador Dali




There are always two reasons for doing something : a good reason and the real reason.










“La Loi de la Raison” (Reason's Law) – Salvador Dali


raison , (reh-zohng) fem.

1. reason, motive, grounds for,
« Pour une raison ou une autre. » = For one reason or another.
2. reason (faculty of reasoning)
Il n’a pas toute sa raison. = He’s not quite in his right mind.
Literally: He hasn’t all his reason.
Vous perdez la raison! = Have you lost your mind?
Literally: You are losing reason.

avoir raison , to have reason = to be right

Prouver que j'ai raison serait accorder que je puis avoir tort. Pierre Augustin Caron de BEAUMARCHAIS, Le Mariage de Figaro, acte I, scène I
Proving that I am right would be admitting that I could be wrong.

parler raison = to talk sense

Sans rime ne raison = without rhyme or reason

You betcha! Gotta love da hugs!

Snuggles are nice, too :)

Dali- A-t-il raison?