| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| puerile |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pu·er·ile |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  py   r-l, py rl, - l |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Belonging to childhood; juvenile. 2. Immature; childish. See synonyms at young. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin puerlis, from puer, child, boy. See pau- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | puer·ile·ly —ADVERB
puer·ili·ty (- l-t ) , puer·ile·ness (-l-ns, -l-) —NOUN
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