puerile
adjective /ˈpjʊə.raɪl/
/ˈpjʊr.ɪl/ disapprovingDefinition
› behaving in a silly way, not like an adult: I find his sense of humour rather puerile.Physically and mentally mature and immatureStupid and sillyOf unsound mind puerility /pjʊəˈrɪl.ɪ.ti/
/pjʊrˈɪl.ə.t̬i/ noun [U]
/pjʊrˈɪl.ə.t̬i/ noun [U] (Definition of puerile adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- adult adjective
- ageing adjective
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
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- childish adjective
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