Puerile
['pjʊərɪl] or ['pjʊəraɪl]
Definition
(adj.) of or characteristic of a child; 'puerile breathing' .
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Definition
(a.) Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Boyish, childish, juvenile, youthful.[2]. Foolish, trifling, trivial, idle, silly, senseless, nonsensical.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Childish, boyish, infantile, youthful, nonsensical, futile, nugatory, weak,silly, trifling
ANT:Manly, vigorous, effective, powerful, cogent, weighty
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Definition
adj. pertaining to children: childish: trifling: silly.—adv. Pū′erilely.—ns. Pū′erileness Pūeril′ity quality of being puerile: that which is puerile: a childish expression.
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Examples
- You two are restless, meddling, impudent scoundrels, whose chief motive-principle is a selfish ambition, as dangerous as it is puerile. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This puerile feature in a nature which was conspicuously manly had often given rise to comment and conjecture. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- A puerile tear dimmed my eye while I looked--a tear of disappointment and impatience; ashamed of it, I wiped it away. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Professor Porter deigned to make no response to this puerile inquiry. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It is puerile to say that institutions must be changed from top to bottom and then assume that their victims are prepared to make the change. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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