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puerility
puer·ile P5706500 (pyo͝or′īl′, pwĕr′-, pyo͞o′ər-, -əl)adj.1. Immature, especially in being silly or trivial; childish. See Synonyms at young.2. Archaic Belonging to childhood; juvenile.
[Latin puerīlis, from puer, child, boy; see pau- in Indo-European roots.]
puer·ile·ly adv.puer′il′i·ty (-ĭl′ĭ-tē), puer′ile·ness (-əl-nĭs, -īl-) n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | puerility - the state of a child between infancy and adolescencechildhoodimmatureness, immaturity - not having reached maturity | | 2. | puerility - a property characteristic of a childchildishnessyoungness - the opposite of oldness |
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MedicalSeepuerilePuerility
Related to Puerility: stupefaction, concordantly, instilledPUERILITY, civil law. This commenced at the age of seven years, the end of the age of infancy, and lasted till the age of puberty, (q.v.) that is, in females till the accomplishment of twelve years, and in males, till the age of fourteen years fully accomplished. Ayl. Pand. 63.
2. The ancient Roman lawyers divided puerility into proximus infantiae, as it approached infancy, and into proximus pubertati, as it became nearer to puberty. 6 Toullier, n. 100. puerility
Related to puerility: stupefaction, concordantly, instilledSynonyms for puerilitynoun the state of a child between infancy and adolescenceSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a property characteristic of a childSynonymsRelated Words |