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Webster 1913 Edition


Puerility

Puˊer-il′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Puerilities
(#)
.
[L.
puerilitas
: cf. F.
puérilité
.]
1.
The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness.
Sir T. Browne.
2.
That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is flat, insipid, or silly.

Webster 1828 Edition


Puerility

PUERIL'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. puerilitas, from puer, a boy.]
1.
Childishness; boyishness; the manners or actions of a boy; that which is trifling.
2.
In discourse, a thought or expression which is flat, insipid or childish.