puerility

Meaning

Noun

  • The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
  • That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is insipid or silly.

Origin

  • puerile + -ity, from Middle French puérilité, from Latin puerīlitās, from puerīlis, from puer.

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