Puerility

/pjuːɹˈɪlɪti/

/pjuːɹˈɪlɪɾi/

[noun]

Puerility

[NOUN]

the state of a child between infancy and adolescence

synonyms : childhood

a property characteristic of a child

synonyms : childishness

Examples

1. So this is what Adams first had to say about Plato's Republic: "While wading through the whimsies, the puerilities, and unintelligible jargon of this work, I laid it down often to ask myself how it could have been that the world should have so long consented to give reputation to such nonsense as this."

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