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puerile

[ pyoo-er-il, -uh-rahyl, pyoor-il, -ahyl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a child or to childhood.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. childishly foolish; immature or trivial:

    a puerile piece of writing.

    Synonyms: ,



puerile

/ ˈpjʊəraɪl; pjʊəˈrɪlɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. exhibiting silliness; immature; trivial
  2. of or characteristic of a child
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è³Ü±ð°ù¾±±ô±ð±ô²â, adverb
  • puerility, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è³Üİù·¾±±ô±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·±è³Üİù·¾±±ô±ð adjective
  • non·±è³Üİù·¾±±ô±ð·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of puerile1

1650–60; < Latin ±è³Ü±ð°ùÄ«±ô¾±²õ boyish, equivalent to puer boy + -Ä«±ô¾±²õ -ile
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of puerile1

C17: from Latin ±è³Ü±ð°ùÄ«±ô¾±²õ childish, from puer a boy
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Example Sentences

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Never mind the insults the puerile president constantly dishes out, the demeaning nicknames he assigns — like “Newscum†— or the president’s heartless approach to governing.

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Even though Trump's reasoning was puerile and uninformed, it wasn't a completely outrageous request in his first term that Europe should pick up more of the tab for their national defense.

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It's the people in the pin-striped suits laughing at his puerile insult "comedy" and loving watching him sticking it to the libs.

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Kevin Maher of the Times called the film "puerile, pointless and intellectually specious", noting that some audience members walked out of the Cannes Film Festival screening.

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His speeches and press conferences are surreal windows into his undisciplined, puerile mind.

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