Found 2 items, similar to puerile.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: puerile puerile adj 1: of or characteristic of a child; “puerile breathing” 2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; “adolescent insecurity”; “jejune responses to our problems”; “their behavior was juvenile”; “puerile jokes” [syn: adolescent, jejune, juvenile]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Puerile Puerile \Pu"er*ile\, a. [L. puerilis, fr. puer a child, a boy: cf. F. pu['e]ril.] Boyish; childish; trifling; silly. [1913 Webster] The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] Syn: Youthful; boyish; juvenile; childish; trifling; weak. See Youthful. [1913 Webster]