PUERILE

(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

Mnemonics for puerile

(Tag: ) PURE things are always childish and immature.
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(Tag: ) PUERILE=PURE+CHILD. A child is always pure so puerile means childish.
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(Tag: ) virile is manly n puerile is childish (not manly)
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(Tag: ) (Call it pe urine which is a childish thing to do)
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(Tag: ) SPECKLE
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