puerility

Other forms: puerilities

Definitions of puerility
  1. noun
    the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
    synonyms: childhood
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    type of:
    immatureness, immaturity
    not having reached maturity
  2. noun
    a property characteristic of a child
    synonyms: childishness
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    type of:
    youngness
    the opposite of oldness
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