Hypertext Webster Gateway: "puerility"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. That which is puerile or childish; especially, an
expression which is flat, insipid, or silly.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
puerility
n 1: the state of a child between infancy and adolescence [syn: {childhood}]
2: a property characteristic of a child [syn: {childishness}]
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