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Definition of Puerile

1. Adjective. Of or characteristic of a child. "Puerile breathing"

2. Adjective. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity. "Puerile jokes"

Definition of Puerile

1. a. Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.

Definition of Puerile

1. Adjective. Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; confer: puellile. ¹

2. Adjective. Childish; trifling; silly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Puerile

1. childish [adj] - See also: childish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puerile

pudsiest pudsy pudu pudus pueblo pueblos puefellow puefellows puellae publicae puellile

puer puerarin puered puericulture puerile (current term) puerilely puerileness puerilism puerilisms puerilities

puerility puering puerpera puerperae puerperal puerperal fever puerperal fevers puerperia puerperium

Literary usage of Puerile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"YOUTHFUL, JUVENILE, puerile. Youthful signifies full of youth, or in the complete state of youth: juvenile, from the Latin juvenis, signifies the same; ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"... ibe mud here for three whole days and nights, and i! lut. happy hour ! off the old ship came of her o»'n accord, a? if she despised all our puerile en- ..."

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