Word "PUERILE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
Synonyms:
adolescent, jejune, juvenile
Examples:
puerile jokes

Definition:
of or characteristic of a child
Examples:
puerile breathing

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Foolishly childlike
Childish and silly (7)
Suggesting a lack of maturity
Childish whimper stopped by Tudor queen
An old word for "like a boy" that, by the late 17th century, came to mean childish, silly or trifling (7)
Silly and childish Mirror Classic 23 Dec 2023
Childish The Telegraph Quick 23 Nov 2023
Silly head of union in danger before end of strike The Telegraph Toughie 08 Aug 2023
Immature The Telegraph Quick 01 Jul 2022
Childish anger follows regular helpings of prunes The Times Cryptic 03 Jan 2022
Unadulterated passage read out? That's just childish The Guardian Quiptic 13 Dec 2021
Unadulterated passage read out? That's just childish
Childishly silly The Times Concise 20 Nov 2021
Childishly silly The Times Concise 08 Sep 2021
Silly and immature The Washington Post Sunday 31 Jan 2021
Silly electronic currency units rising retrospectively The Telegraph Toughie 01 Oct 2020
Childish The Guardian Speedy 01 Mar 2020
Childishly trivial Newsday 28 Dec 2018
Behaving immaturely The Washington Post Sunday 22 Jul 2018
Childishly silly Premier Sunday 04 Mar 2018
Said you must be in danger with drug, lacking maturity The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Jul 2017
Immature, undefiled island, we hear
Childish The Times Concise 18 Nov 2016
Childish New York Times 07 Feb 2016
Childish
Childishly trivial Premier Sunday 25 Oct 2015
Childish — silly The Guardian Quick 03 Jan 2015
Childishly trivial
Childish
Immature
Juvenile
Inane
Childishly foolish
Immature
Childish.
Juvenile
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