Word of the Day: Puerile

Puerile:  PYUHR-ill

Part of speech:  adjective

Origin:  Latin, mid-17^th century

1.  Showing immaturity, silly or juvenile

2.  Relating to or characteristic of a child

Examples used in a sentence:

1.  The puerile pranks earned the boys a few weeks’ detention on top of the punishment their parents gave them.

2.  The older sister was irritated at being forced to wear a puerile outfit to match her sibling in the family photo.