Meaning puerile
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puerile(adj.) juvenile, immature (The judge demanded order after the lawyer’s puerile attempt to object by stomping his feet on the courtroom floor.)
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puerile1660s, "youthful, boyish," a back-formation from puerility, or else from French puéril (15c.), from Latin puerilis "boyish; childish," from puer "boy, child" (see puerili [..]
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puerileadj. Childish.
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puerilechildish; boyish.
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puerile(adj) of or characteristic of a child(adj) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
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