Definitions for puerilities

puerilities pu·er·il·i·ty

Spelling: [pyoo-uh-ril-i-tee, pyoo-ril-]
IPA: /ˌpyu əˈrɪl ɪ ti, pyʊˈrɪl-/

Puerilities is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 583 anagrams from letters in puerilities (eeiiilprstu).

Definitions for puerilities

noun

  1. the state or quality of being a child.
  2. the quality of being puerile; childish foolishness or triviality.
  3. a puerile act, idea, remark, etc.:

Origin of puerilities

First recorded in 1425-75; late Middle English word from Latin word puerīlitās. See puerile, -ity

Examples for puerilities

Notwithstanding many affectations and puerilities it is still readable to Americans.

Do not let us disdain to ask it; science is made of these puerilities.

But he plucks up courage, and proceeds to discourse upon the puerilities which absorbed their minds.

I fear you may think these puerilities, dear Major Frankfort.

It is tedious to copy out the puerilities of such parallelisms.

Such were the puerilities of the Sabbath Law among the Jews.

Exactitude incommodes us and rules we regard as puerilities.

His puerilities and eccentricities, we are told, amounted almost to madness.

One must have passed two years in solitude to be able to comprehend these puerilities.

I queried, interested, in spite of myself, at these puerilities.

Word Value for puerilities
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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