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puerile - Dictionary definition and meaning for puerile

PUERILE

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  • (adj.) of or characteristic of a child

    "puerile breathing"

    He speaks in a puerile manner, with a pronounced lisp. -added by naila_inlas

  • (adj.) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

    "adolescent insecurity", "jejune responses to our problems", "their behavior was juvenile", "puerile jokes"

    synonyms : adolescent , jejune , juvenile

    Everyone found James’s jokes puerile and silly. -added by naila_inlas

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Mnemonics for puerile

  • (Tag: ) PURE things are always childish and immature.

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  • (Tag: ) A child is always pure so puerile means childish

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