puerility
Example Sentences
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The school officials’ contention that C.G.’s post was “hate speech targeting the Jewish community” was as dumb as his joke and confused puerility with animosity.
From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022
It was an extension of his general puerility, his weird clowning, his fake laughter.
From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2019
Has “The Tonight Show’s” current host, Jimmy Fallon, ever seethed with anything, unless one can seethe with puerility?
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2017
Why doesn’t any of this evidence of puerility hurt his image among his base?
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2016
Janin got a smart lashing from some of his rival feuilletonists for his indecent and egotistical puerility.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
