Puerile: PYUHR-ill
Part of speech:
adjective
Origin: Latin, mid-17th
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.
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