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puerile


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Puerile  \Pu"er*ile\,  a.  [L.  puerilis  fr  puer  a  child,  a  boy: 
  cf  F.  pu['e]ril.] 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  puerile 
  adj  1:  of  or  characteristic  of  a  child;  "puerile  breathing" 
  2:  displaying  or  suggesting  a  lack  of  maturity;  "adolescent 
  insecurity";  "jejune  responses  to  our  problems";  "their 
  behavior  was  juvenile";  "puerile  jokes"  [syn:  {adolescent}, 
  {jejune},  {juvenile}] 




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