puerile
puerile
Definition
pu·er·ile (pyo̵̅o̅′ər əl, pyo̵or′əl; -īl′)
adjective
childish; silly; immature; trivial
Etymology: < Fr or L: Fr puéril < L puerilis < puer, boy: see poultry
pu′·er·ilely adverb
puerile
Synonyms
puerile
modif.
puerile
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- comment: Surely you must agree that his statement is a puerile comment from a man who should know better.
- way: And it simply isn't an appropriate answer to say in a puerile way, ' Well, they started it!
- humor: Not for the over-sensitive, South Park tackles pretty much any taboo you can think of with typically cynical and puerile humor.
- gag: The best thing about it: Puerile schoolboy gags - they never get old.
- banter: Every other thread both on here and the other place seem to contain a load of puerile banter about WAL and Shakerbaby.
- joke: The rather touching concern from the other participants took the form of a string of predictably puerile jokes.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: Three young couples, engaging in rather puerile and absurd conversations.
- so: On the other hand would he be so puerile as to put blobs of red paint on one of my canvasses?
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near puerile
- puerilism
- puerility
- puerperal
- puerperal fever
- puerperium
- Puerto Rico
- puff
- puff adder
- puff pastry
- puffball
