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PUERILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A property characteristic of a child
Synonyms:
childishness; puerility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("puerility" is a kind of...):
youngness (the opposite of oldness)
Derivation:
puerile (of or characteristic of a child)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of a child between infancy and adolescence
Synonyms:
childhood; puerility
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("puerility" is a kind of...):
immatureness; immaturity (not having reached maturity)
Derivation:
puerile (displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity)
