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puerility

[ pyoo-uh-ril-i-tee, pyoo-ril- ]

noun

plural puerilities.
  1. the state or quality of being a child.
  2. the quality of being puerile; childish foolishness or triviality.
  3. a puerile act, idea, remark, etc.:

    an inexcusable puerility.



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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôp³Ü·±ð°ù·¾±±ôi·³Ù²â noun plural nonpuerilities
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of puerility1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Latin word ±è³Ü±ð°ùÄ«±ô¾±³ÙÄå²õ. See puerile, -ity
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I’d be more inclined to tut-tut at the puerility of the late Victorian sense of humor, except TikTok was only recently convincing people to eat Tide Pods.

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The school officials’ contention that C.G.’s post was “hate speech targeting the Jewish community†was as dumb as his joke and confused puerility with animosity.

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Rated R for sex and violence of unusual puerility.

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It was an extension of his general puerility, his weird clowning, his fake laughter.

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A nonchalance, bordering on puerility, colored her throwaway Halloween comment; what Lack characterized as cataclysmic seemed, to me and to some black people I talked to, somewhat boringly idiotic.

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