'Puerility' definitions:
Definition of 'puerility'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of a child between infancy and adolescence [syn: childhood, puerility]
noun
A property characteristic of a child [syn: childishness, puerility]
Definition of 'Puerility'
From: GCIDE
- Puerility \Pu`er*il"i*ty\, n.; pl. Puerilities. [L. puerilitas: cf. F. pu['e]rilit['e].]
- 1. The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is flat, insipid, or silly. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'puerility'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- babyishness,
- boylikeness,
- callowness,
- childishness,
- childlikeness,
- girlishness,
- immaturity,
- imprudence,
- inadvisability,
- inattention,
- inconsideration,
- indiscreetness,
- indiscretion,
- inexpedience,
- infantilism,
- injudiciousness,
- irrationality,
- maidenliness,
- pompousness,
- puerilism,
- reasonlessness,
- recklessness,
- senselessness,
- stuffiness,
- thoughtlessness,
- unintelligence,
- unreason,
- unreasonableness,
- unsensibleness,
- unsoundness,
- unthoughtfulness,
- unwisdom,
- unwiseness,
- witlessness