Associations to the word «Puerile»
Noun
- Conceit
- Vanity
- Imitation
- Superstition
- Fable
- Amusement
- Anecdote
- Ambition
- Morality
- Fancy
- Simplicity
- Genius
- Discourse
- Notion
- Legend
- Virtue
- Spite
- Humor
- Reader
- Conception
- Critic
- Passion
- Lesson
- Million
- Desire
- Belief
- Character
- Expression
- Comment
- Fantasy
- Sense
- Religion
- Truth
- Taste
- Beauty
- Writing
- Whole
- Worship
- Review
- Fiction
- Phrase
- Mind
- Vice
- Manner
- Fear
- Absence
- Instance
- Occasion
- Measure
- Smile
- Nothing
Adjective
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Wiktionary
PUERILE, adjective. Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; confer: puellile.
PUERILE, adjective. Childish; trifling; silly.
Dictionary definition
PUERILE, adjective. Of or characteristic of a child; "puerile breathing".
PUERILE, adjective. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.