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Definition of Puerility
1. Noun. The state of a child between infancy and adolescence.
Generic synonyms: Immatureness, Immaturity
Derivative terms: Child, Child, Puerile
2. Noun. A property characteristic of a child.
Definition of Puerility
1. n. The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness.
Definition of Puerility
1. Noun. the state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile ¹
2. Noun. that which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is flat, insipid, or silly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puerility
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puerility
Literary usage of Puerility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1856)
"That age of a person's life which included infancy and puerility, (qv) PUR AUTRE
VIE, tenures. These old French words signify, for another's life. ..."
2. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1847)
"Increasing Favor of Madame de Montespan—The Crown of Agrippina —puerility of
Monsieur—Madame ... puerility ..."
3. Fifty Years in the Making of Australian History by Henry Parkes (1892)
"... ETIQUETTE AND puerility IN PARLIAMENT—ANOMALIES IN MINISTERIAL
ARRANGEMENTS—CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURE IN CHANGES OF MINISTRY—THE CROWN AND ..."
4. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1855)
"Increasing Favor of Madame de Montespan—The Crown of Agrippina —puerility of
Monsieur—Madame Scarron—Generosity of Madame de Montespan—Madame ..."
5. A Debate Between Rev. A. Campbell and Rev. N. L. Rice, on the Action by Alexander Campbell, Nathan Lewis Rice, Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould (1844)
"How often shall I have to respond to such puerility! It is not the dripping, but
the garment, that is dyed. The gentleman made some allusion to physical ..."
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