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[ pyoo-er-il, -uh-rahyl, pyoor-il, -ahyl ] / ˈpyu ər ɪl, -əˌraɪl, ˈpyʊər ɪl, -aɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR puerile ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof or relating to a child or to childhood. childishly foolish; immature or trivial: a puerile piece of writing. Origin of puerile1650–60; <Latin puerīlis boyish, equivalent to puer boy + -īlis-ile SYNONYMS FOR puerile1 youthful, juvenile. 2 juvenile, silly. SEE SYNONYMS FOR puerile ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM puerilepu·er·ile·ly, adverbnon·pu·er·ile, adjectivenon·pu·er·ile·ly, adverbWords nearby puerilepudu, Puducherry, Puebla, pueblo, Pueblos, puerile, puerilism, puerility, puerpera, puerperal, puerperal eclampsia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for puerileThe results were strange, compelling, puerile, trashy and slightly brilliant—laser-targeted towards young Israeli males. Israel’s Sperm Clinic Crisis|Alastair Sloan|March 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST This eight-minute piece of puerile propaganda features the warm and winning voice of Ed Asner. Tax-the-Rich Obama Fairy Tale Won’t Magically Restore Public Services|Michael Medved|December 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST But for these two puerile sports fans, the evening was almost as much about the play-by-play as how things turned out. Forget the Electoral College—Who Won the Battle of the Neckties?|Blake Gopnik|November 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST So I simply focused on another British movie star who has depended on his juvenile appeal and not his puerile one. Daniel Radcliffe, Dark Prince|Kevin Sessums|July 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It would be puerile to state that King George loves France; the frequency of his visits makes the fact too obvious. Their Majesties as I Knew Them|Xavier Paoli How diminutive and puerile must seem the houses and cities of human fashioning! The Log of the Sun|William Beebe He would then see that the opinions of theologians are not so puerile as he supposes. Modern Skepticism|C. J. Ellicott He has a good will to Socrates, whose talents he evidently admires, while he censures the puerile use which he makes of them. Her piety was not free from puerile pleasures; for everything, even religion, was poetry to her ingenuous heart. Honorine|Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for puerile
adjectiveexhibiting silliness; immature; trivial of or characteristic of a child Derived forms of puerilepuerilely, adverbpuerility (pjʊəˈrɪlɪtɪ), nounWord Origin for puerileC17: from Latin puerīlis childish, from puer a boy 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 Words related to puerilecallow, infantile, babyish, foolish, green, immature, inane, inexperienced, irresponsible, jejune, juvenile, naive, petty, ridiculous, silly, trivial, weak, young, unfledged, ungrown |