[syn: childishness, puerility]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
puerility
n 1: the state of a child between infancy and adolescence [syn:
childhood, puerility]
2: a property characteristic of a child [syn: childishness,
puerility]