Meaning of puerile in English
Classifying Adjective
puerileDefinitions
1. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturityExamples
- « adolescent insecurity »
- « jejune responses to our problems »
- « their behavior was juvenile »
- « puerile jokes »
Synonyms
Qualitative Adjective
puerileEtymology
late 16th century (in the sense ‘like a boy’): from French puéril or Latin puerilis, from puer‘boy’Definitions
1. of or characteristic of a childExamples
- « puerile breathing »