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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 , juvenileEveryone found James’s jokes puerile and silly. -added by naila_inlas
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(Tag: ) PURE things are always childish and immature.
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-1 (Tag: ) A child is always pure so puerile means childish
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