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puerility |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Puerility \Pu`er*il"i*ty\, n.; pl {Puerilities}. [L. puerilitas: cf F. pu['e]rilit['e].] 1. The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness. --Sir T. Browne. 2. That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is flat, insipid, or silly. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: puerility n 1: the state of a child between infancy and adolescence [syn: {childhood}] 2: a property characteristic of a child [syn: {childishness}]
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