puerile
/pjuːˈɹil/pyoo-REEL
/pjuˈɹil/pyoo-REEL
Meaningchildish
Common meaning: childishly silly
- puera boy, a childLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1486 · scan
- ileadjective ending: relating to
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin puer ‘a boy, a child’.
Roots
- puer, -erī Latin “a boy, a child”
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