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puerile

/ˈpjʊɹɪl/

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What does puerile mean?

adjective

  1. Childish; trifling; silly.
  2. Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; compare puellile.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpjʊɹɪl/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈpjʊɹaɪl/
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That hope justifies my cruel studies, which, though apparently so puerile, are in reality worthy of serious consideration.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of AutobiographyTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3422
We begin, from the hour in which our limbs are enabled to exert themselves freely, with a puerile love of sport.
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743
More book examples (3)
In the midst of all the puerile repressions and inhibitions that hedge them round, they continue to show a gipsy spirit.
H. L. (Henry Louis) MenckenIn Defense of WomenProject Gutenberg ebook #1270
To lose time in the manufacture of cut-and-dried constitutions is, in consequence, a puerile task, the useless labour of an ignorant rhetorician.
Gustave Le BonThe crowd : $b A study of the popular mindProject Gutenberg ebook #445
A puerile tear dimmed my eye while I looked—a tear of disappointment and impatience; ashamed of it, I wiped it away.
Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #1260