puerility

noun
/pjʊəˈɹɪl.ə.ti/UK/pjɚˈɹɪl.ə.ti/US

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.

  1. derived from puerīlitās
  2. derived from puérilité
  3. inherited from puerilite

Definitions

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.

  2. That which is puerile or childish

    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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA