puerility

[ pyoo-uh-ril-i-tee, pyoo-ril- ]

/ ˌpyu əˈrɪl ɪ ti, pyʊˈrɪl- /

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noun, plural pu·er·il·i·ties.

the state or quality of being a child.

the quality of being puerile; childish foolishness or triviality.

a puerile act, idea, remark, etc.: an inexcusable puerility.

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Origin of puerility

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Latin word puerīlitās.See puerile, -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM puerility

non·pu·er·il·i·ty, noun, plural non·pu·er·il·i·ties.

Words nearby puerility

Puebla, pueblo, Pueblos, puerile, puerilism, puerility, puerpera, puerperal, puerperal fever, puerperal psychosis, puerperium

How to use puerility in a sentence

I must not say David: he, to be sure, is far above any such puerility.
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2)|Florence A. Thomas Marshall
A long pinafore, and a child's cap, are employed to carry out the theory of his puerility.
Rowlandson the Caricaturist. First Volume|Joseph Grego
The habits and dress of the people have always been primitive, and their laws simple to puerility.
Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
And we bolster up our satisfaction by pointing to some mistake of logic or some puerility of statement.
A Preface to Politics|Walter Lippmann

Eternal puerility of penal repressions applied to things of the soul!
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03|Various