PUERILE

adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile

(adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; “adolescent insecurity”; “jejune responses to our problems”; “their behavior was juvenile”; “puerile jokes”

puerile

(adjective) of or characteristic of a child; “puerile breathing”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

puerile (comparative more puerile, superlative most puerile)

Childish; trifling; silly.

Synonyms: juvenile, silly, trifling, Thesaurus:childish, Thesaurus:insignificant

Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; compare puellile.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Pu"er*ile, a. Etym: [L. puerilis, fr. puer a child, a boy: cf. F. puéril.]

Definition: Boyish; childish; trifling; silly. The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. De Quincey.

Syn.

– Youthful; boyish; juvenile; childish; trifling; weak. See Youthful.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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