Definitions for puerile

puerile pu·er·ile

Spelling: [pyoo-er-il, -uh-rahyl, pyoo r-il, -ahyl]
IPA: /ˈpyu ər ɪl, -əˌraɪl, ˈpyʊər ɪl, -aɪl/

Puerile is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in puerile (eeilpru).

Definitions for puerile

adjective

  1. of or relating to a child or to childhood.
  2. childishly foolish; immature or trivial:

Origin of puerile

1650-60; Latin puerīlis boyish, equivalent to puer boy + -īlis -ile

Examples for puerile

We are too absorbed in the puerile interests and occupations of daily life.

Their falsehoods were puerile, their affirmations ridiculous.

So I simply focused on another British movie star who has depended on his juvenile appeal and not his puerile one.

The ideal is as impracticable as it is puerile and retrograde.

The words that passed between us were few and puerile in regard of the situation.

The officers took, as usual, a puerile revenge in the form of a burlesque.

This eight-minute piece of puerile propaganda features the warm and winning voice of Ed Asner.

The results were strange, compelling, puerile, trashy and slightly brilliant—laser-targeted towards young Israeli males.

He only issued from his torpor at night to fall into blind and puerile fits of anger.

But for these two puerile sports fans, the evening was almost as much about the play-by-play as how things turned out.

Word Value for puerile
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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