puerility

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
2. (countable, uncountable) That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is insipid or silly.

Synonyms

childishness

childhood

infantility

bunk

fatuity

fatuousness

foolery

foolishness

frivolity

immunity

absurdity

infancy

infantilism

mush

nonsense

nonsensicalness

piffle

rot

shenanigan

silliness

tommy rot

inanity

baloney

boyishness

Translations

puérilité

infantilismo

Pürilität

infancia

puerilidad

infància

puerilitat

Infantilität

Kindlichkeit

παιδική ηλικία

ανοησία

παιδαριωδία

بويريليتي

παιδιάρισμα

enfance

Etymology

From puerile + -ity, from Middle French puérilité, from Latin puerīlitās, from puerīlis (“childish, juvenile”), from puer (“boy”).