[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

puerile \pu"erile\, a. l. puerilis, fr. puer a child, a boy:
   cf. f. pu'eril.
   boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
   1913 webster

         the french have been notorious through generations for
         their puerile affectation of roman forms, models, and
         historic precedents.                     --de quincey.
   1913 webster

   syn: youthful; boyish; juvenile; childish; trifling; weak.
        see youthful.
        1913 webster
see also:
youthful 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

puerile
     adj 1: of or characteristic of a child; "puerile breathing"
     2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent
        insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their
        behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" syn: adolescent,
         jejune, juvenile
see also:
adolescent jejune juvenile 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 moby thesaurus words for "puerile":
   asinine, babish, babyish, beardless, boyish, boylike, calflike,
   childish, childlike, coltish, foolish, girlish, girllike, immature,
   inconsequential, infantile, infantine, insignificant,
   irresponsible, juvenile, kiddish, maiden, maidenly, puplike,
   puppyish, puppylike, ridiculous, shallow, silly, sophomoric,
   trivial

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