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- pronunciation:
- pyu
rihl
[or]
pyu
raIl
[or]
pyu
rihl
[or]
pyu
raIl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or relating to children or childhood.
- synonyms:
- childish, childlike, juvenile, young, youthful
- similar words:
- adolescent, boyish, budding, girlish, green, immature, infantile, innocent, jejune, naive
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| definition 2: |
immature or silly; childish.
Such puerile behavior as throwing spitballs around the office will no longer be tolerated.- synonyms:
- childish, immature, infantile, juvenile
- antonyms:
- mature
- similar words:
- adolescent, asinine, callow, childlike, foolish, impulsive, jejune, naive, ridiculous, silly, sophomoric
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| related words: |
callow, foolish, immature, infantile, little, minor, minority, ridiculous, silly, tender |
adverb + (adj.)puerile
excessively, forcefully, morally, rather, wholly
(adj.)puerile
+ noun
amusement,
animosity,
bikini,
brew,
decadence,
fancy,
feud,
gadget,
graffiti,
humility,
humor,
lapse,
lightweight,
nonsense,
oratory,
repartee,
repression,
romanticism,
snicker,
sophisticate,
spirituality,
stare,
undertaking
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| derivation: |
puerilely (adv.) |
The word puerile
contains the following part:
-ile, -il
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means capable of being or undergoing; pertaining to
  Example words:
agile, civil, docile, ductile, fragile, labile, mobile, prehensile, puerile, uncivil, versatile, virile
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