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puerile

/ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl/ UK
/ˈpjʊɹɪl/ US
/ˈpjʊɹaɪl/ US

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From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer (“child, boy”). By surface analysis, puer + -ile.

adjective more puerile · most puerile

Childish; trifling; silly. 1850, Thomas De Quincey, French and English Manners (originally published in Hogg's Instructor The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents.
Similar: juvenile, silly, trifling, babish, babyish, bairnish, childish, dootsie, hissy, lactifluous, infantile, infantine
Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; compare puellile.

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adj characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys

Español	pueril
Русский	мальчи́шеский malʹčíšeskij

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@misc{puerile_2026,
  title = {puerile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puerile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}