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Puerile

//ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Childish; trifling; silly.

    "1850, Thomas De Quincey, French and English Manners (originally published in Hogg's Instructor The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents."

  2. 2
    Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; compare puellile.
Adjective
  1. 1
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity wordnet
  2. 2
    of or characteristic of a child wordnet

Etymology

From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer (“child, boy”).

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