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Etymology: French or Latin; French puéril, from Latin puerilis, from puer boy, child; akin to Sanskrit putra son, child and perhaps to Greek pais boy,
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Meaning: 1 having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children <told him that such puerile behavior would not be tolerated...
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Word of the Day - Learn one new word everyday on Dictionary.com And, in one of the most puerile episodes of his adult career, he punishes his old schoolmates for being rich and vulgar by breaking into their houses to soak the labels off their boasted wine collections.
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Puerile - Definition of Puerile at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Puerile. Word of the Day and Crossword Puzzles. Use puerile in a Sentence...
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puerile (comparative more puerile, superlative most puerile) Comparative; more puerile The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents.
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Wednesday Night Notes So, I haven't posted here in a while. Part of the reason-- fatigue and general business-- is old and well-known, while the other is very much less so; lately I've been writing, if at all, on Facebook mainly because only my friends can read those entries, something that's increasingly important as...
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Definition of puerile in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of puerile. Pronunciation of puerile. Translations of puerile. puerile synonyms, puerile antonyms. Information about puerile in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. puerile - displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity";
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Definition of puerile from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games.
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* Denotes external link that will open in a separate window. Don't panic, we'll be right here in this window waiting for you to come back. We'll even watch your wallet for you and everything. Halfway House of the Not Ready for the Algonquin Roundtable Society; "Resistance is puerile"
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Ministers raid grassroots sport for £525m to pay Olympics bill Stephen Bayley: A puerile mess and a commercial scandal Design guru Stephen Bayley condemned it as "a puerile mess, an artistic flop and a commercial scandal".
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