Associations to the word «Puerility»

Wiktionary

PUERILITY, noun. The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
PUERILITY, noun. That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is insipid or silly.

Dictionary definition

PUERILITY, noun. The state of a child between infancy and adolescence.
PUERILITY, noun. A property characteristic of a child.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope