puerile
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Puerile and silly, but there's nothing wrong with that ...
From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2013
Puerile in conception and more ridiculous in their bombast than Fielding's burlesque, they have enough rapidity of action, vivacity of claptrap, and extravagance of changing emotions to account for their stage success.
From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.
Puerile in a sense it had every right to be, for modern prose narration was then in its very infancy in this country.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
This is what the French call the Cold and the Puerile Stile.
From An Essay on Criticism by Oldmixon, John
Puerile puns, personal banter of a rather homely type, and good stories collected from other people are all that the books disclose.
From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine
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