puerile
121infantile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. childish, puerile, immature. See youth. Ant., mature, adult. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. babyish, childlike, juvenile; see childish 1 , naive . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. babyish, childish,… …
122Infant — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Infant >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 infant infant babe baby babe in arms Sgm: N 1 nurseling nurseling suckling yearling weanling Sgm: N 1 papoose papoose bambino Sgm …
123Imbecility — (Roget s Thesaurus) Folly. < N PARAG:Imbecility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 want of intelligence want of intelligence &c. 498 want of intellect &c. 450 Sgm: N 1 shadowness shadowness silliness foolishness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imbecility… …
124Feebleness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Feebleness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 feebleness feebleness &c. >Adj. PARAG:Feebleness >Adj GRP: Adj 1 Sgm: Adj 1 feeble feeble bald tame meager jejune vapid trashy …
125Unimportance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unimportance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unimportance unimportance insignificance nothingness immateriality GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 triviality triviality levity frivolity Sgm: N 2 paltriness paltriness …
126pusillanimous — [16] Pusillanimous means etymologically ‘tiny spirited’. It comes from late Latin pūsillanimis, a compound adjective formed from pūsillus ‘very small or weak’ (a descendant of the same base as produced Latin puer ‘child, boy’, source of English… …
127enfant — Enfant, comm. gen. acut. Vient de ce mot Latin Infans. Mais le François dilate plus avant ce mot, que le Latin dont il le prend, car il l usurpe aussi pour l aage, auquel parvenu le parler luy est aisé. Et encores en use tant au singulier qu au… …
128pusillanimous — [16] Pusillanimous means etymologically ‘tiny spirited’. It comes from late Latin pūsillanimis, a compound adjective formed from pūsillus ‘very small or weak’ (a descendant of the same base as produced Latin puer ‘child, boy’, source of English… …
