puerility

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/pjʊəˈɹɪl.ə.ti/
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/pjʊəˈɹɪl.ə.ti/ · /pjɚˈɹɪl.ə.ti/

Definition of puerility

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
  2. (countable, uncountable)That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is insipid or silly.
    “You treat his opinions (though he never thrusts them on you) about "the Church," and his duty, and the souls of his parishioners, with civil indifference, as much ado about nothing; and his rubrical eccentricities as puerilities.”

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Etymology

From Middle English puerilite, from Middle French puérilité and its etymon Latin puerīlitās, from puerīlis (“childish, juvenile”), from puer (“boy”). By surface analysis, puerile + -ity.

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