puerile C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpjʊɹɪl/ UK /ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl/ See IPA manual Freq #53788 Meanings 1 adj of or characteristic of a child Puerile breathing. Thesaurus Synonyms immatureinfantilebabishbabyishbairnishkiddish Word family Derived forms puerilelypuerilenesspuerilismpuerilitypuerilization Related forms boyishpuellapuellilepueryobbishyouthfulyoung Etymology From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer (“child, boy”). By surface analysis, puer + -ile. *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European puerīlis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # puerile **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpjʊɹɪl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl/ **Frequency rank:** 53788 ## Meanings 1. of or characteristic of a child ## Examples - Puerile breathing. ## Synonyms - immature - infantile - babish - babyish - bairnish - kiddish ## Derived Forms - puerilely - puerileness - puerilism - puerility - puerilization ## Related Forms - boyish - puella - puellile - puer - yobbish - youthful - young ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *peh₂w- - Root: puerīlis ## Etymology From Latin puerīlis (“childish”), from puer (“child, boy”). By surface analysis, puer + -ile. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown