puerility
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noun
- The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
- That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is insipid or silly.
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Etymology
From Middle English puerilite, from Middle French puérilité and its etymon Latin puerīlitās, from puerīlis (“childish, juvenile”), from puer (“boy”). By surface analysis, puerile + -ity.
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