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   pu·er·ile

   /ˈpyo͞orəl/

   adjective

   • 1. childishly silly and trivial: "you're making puerile excuses"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘like a boy’): from French puéril or Latin puerilis, from puer ‘boy’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. puerilely adverb
   • 2. puerility noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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