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单词 puerility
释义 pu·er·il·i·ty
\ˌpyu̇əˈriləd.ē, -lətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French puerilité, from Latin puerilitat-, puerilitas, from puerilis + -itat-, -itas -ity
1.
 a. : the quality or state of being a child; specifically : the status under civil law of a child between infancy and puberty defined as from 7 to 14 years of age in boys and from 7 to 12 years of age in girls
 b. : immaturity, childishness
  < the ballet comic in its puerility and ugliness — Arnold Bennett >
2. : an act, instance, or product of an immature mind
 < where he has committed the puerility of employing more words than are necessary, he now has the one correct word — College English >
 < pettiness, juvenilities, and … puerilities become not a great assembly like this — John Adams >
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