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puerile Definition


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puerile
adj
    1. Childish; silly; immature.
      Thesaurus: juvenile, immature, infantile, irresponsible, childish, petty, trivial, foolish, inane, ridiculous, jejune.
Derivative: puerility
noun
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin puerilis, from puer boy.



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