puerile
adjective/ˈpjʊəraɪl/
/ˈpjʊrəl/
(disapproving)- silly; suitable for a child rather than an adult synonym childishWord Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘like a boy’): from French puéril or Latin puerilis, from puer ‘boy’.
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