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puerile adjective [ ˈpjʊərʌɪl ]

• childishly silly and immature.
• "a puerile argument"
Similar: childish, immature, infantile, juvenile, adolescent, babyish, silly, inane, fatuous, jejune, asinine, foolish, petty,
Opposite: mature, sensible,
Origin: late 16th century (in the sense ‘like a boy’): from French puéril or Latin puerilis, from puer ‘boy’.


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