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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

puerilis

, fr.

puer

a child, a boy: cf. F.

puéril

Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.

The French have been notorious through generations for their

puerile

affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents.

De Quincey.

Syn. – Youthful; boyish; juvenile; childish; trifling; weak. See

Adj.

[L. puerilis, from puer, a boy.]

Boyish; childish; trifling; as a puerile amusement.

See also: puerile

puérile