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puerility n. 孩子氣,天真,未成熟 孩子氣,天真,未成熟 puerility n 1: the state of a child between infancy and adolescence [ synonym: { childhood}, { puerility}] 2: a property characteristic of a child [ synonym: { childishness}, { puerility}] Puerility \ Pu` er* il" i* ty\, n.; pl. { Puerilities}. [ L. puerilitas: cf. F. pu[' e] rilit[' e].] 1. The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness. -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is flat, insipid, or silly. [ 1913 Webster] 34 Moby Thesaurus words for " puerility": babyishness, boylikeness, callowness, childishness, childlikeness, girlishness, immaturity, imprudence, inadvisability, inattention, inconsideration, indiscreetness, indiscretion, inexpedience, infantilism, injudiciousness, irrationality, maidenliness, pompousness, puerilism, reasonlessness, recklessness, senselessness, stuffiness, thoughtlessness, unintelligence, unreason, unreasonableness, unsensibleness, unsoundness, unthoughtfulness, unwisdom, unwiseness, witlessnessPUERILITY, civil law. This commenced at the age of seven years, the end of the age of infancy, and lasted till the age of puberty, ( q. v.) that is, in females till the accomplishment of twelve years, and in males, till the age of fourteen years fully accomplished. Ayl. Pand. 63. 2. The ancient Roman lawyers divided puerility into proximus infantiae, as it approached infancy, and into proximus pubertati, as it became nearer to puberty. 6 Toullier, n. 100.
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