puerile

  • 31puerile — pu·er·ile || pjÊŠrÉ™l / pjÊŠÉ™raɪl adj. juvenile, immature; childish, silly, nonsensical; trivial …

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  • 32puerile — [ pjʊərʌɪl] adjective childishly silly and trivial. Derivatives puerilely adverb puerility pjʊə rɪlɪti noun (plural puerilities). Origin C16 (in the sense like a boy ): from Fr. puéril or L. puerilis, from puer boy …

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  • 33puerile — agg. 1. infantile, fanciullesco, bambinesco CONTR. maturo 2. (spreg.) ingenuo, sciocco, ridicolo, immaturo, frivolo, vacuo CONTR. assennato, saggio, ponderato, serio …

    Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • 34puerile — a. 1. Boyish, childish, juvenile, youthful. 2. Foolish, weak, petty, frivolous, trifling, trivial, idle, silly, simple, senseless, nonsensical …

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  • 35puerile — adj 1. infantile, infantine, Inf. kiddy, Rare. childly, babyish; boyish, girlish, youthful, young, juvenile, juvenescent; adolescent, pubescent, immature, underaged, minor, undeveloped, unfledged, unfeathered, jejune; budding, tender, soft,… …

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  • 36puerile — pu·er·ile …

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  • 37puerile — pu•er•ile [[t]ˈpyu ər ɪl, əˌraɪl, ˈpyʊər ɪl, aɪl[/t]] adj. 1) dvl cv youthful; juvenile 2) childishly foolish; immature; silly • Etymology: 1650–60; < L puerīlis=puer boy + īlis ile II pu′er•ile•ly, adv. pu er•il′i•ty, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38puerile —   a. childish.    ♦ puerilism, n. childish conduct.    ♦ puerility, n.    ♦ puericulture, n. bringing up of children; antenatal care …

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  • 39puerile — [17] Latin puer denoted ‘child’, or more specifically ‘boy’ (like Greek pais ‘child’, source of English paediatric, pedagogue, etc, it came ultimately from a base which signified ‘smallness’, and also gave English pusillanimous). The derived… …

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  • 40puerile respiration — respiration in which the breathing sounds are more intense than those of normal adult respiration and resemble those of childhood …

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