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.
- derived from puerīlitās
- derived from puérilité
- inherited from puerilite
Definitions
The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
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
- neighborpuerilism
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for puerility. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA