puerile
/PYOOR-il/adjectivechildishly silly and immature
“The prank war turned puerile by round three.”
- Synonyms
- childish, infantile, juvenile
- Antonyms
- mature, adult
- Memory hook
- puer (boy): boyhood behavior past its date.
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