puerile

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That antiquated world then seemed to him puerile, as though it had lapsed into a mournful second childhood.

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  1. adjective Belonging to childhood; juvenile.
  2. adjective Immature; childish. See Synonyms at young.

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  1. Latin puerīlis, from puer, child, boy; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French puéril = Provencal Spanish Portuguese pueril = Italian puerile, from Latin puerilis, pertaining to a boy or child, boyish, childish, from puer, boy, child, from √ pu-, beget, whence also pupus, a boy, pupa, a girl, etc.: see pupa, pupil, etc.
 

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/ˈpjuərɪl/
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