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puerility

noun as in immaturity

noun as in inexperience

noun as in silliness

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Example Sentences

I must not say David: he, to be sure, is far above any such puerility.

A long pinafore, and a child's cap, are employed to carry out the theory of his puerility.

The habits and dress of the people have always been primitive, and their laws simple to puerility.

And we bolster up our satisfaction by pointing to some mistake of logic or some puerility of statement.

Eternal puerility of penal repressions applied to things of the soul!

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On this page you'll find 113 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to puerility, such as: levity, flightiness, flippancy, flirting, flummery, and folly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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