puerility

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puerility

/pjʊəˈɹɪl.ə.ti/ UK
/pjɚˈɹɪl.ə.ti/ US

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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.

noun puerilities

countable, uncountable The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile. This classification should have led to the discovery and study of remedies which act specifically upon the various textures and tissues of the body, such as the cellular, serous, mucous, parenchymatous, fibrous, gelatinous, &c., but it did not, except in the most imperfect manner—so imperfect, in fa
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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中文	幼稚 yòuzhì
Русский	ребячество rebjačestvo

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"puerility." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/puerility. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{puerility_2026,
  title = {puerility},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puerility},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}