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- Latin · derived frompuerīlis“childish”
- English todaypuerile
From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer (“child, boy”). By surface analysis, puer + -ile.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Childish; trifling; silly. Full definition →
From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer (“child, boy”). By surface analysis, puer + -ile.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.