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Etymology
Origin of puerility
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Latin word puerīlitās. See puerile, -ity
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They are under an egregious Mistake, who think there is nothing to be found in them, but Things that savour of Puerility, written indeed ingeniously, and in elegant Latin.
From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius
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