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purile

purile is the misspelling of puerile.

Meaning of puerile

Adjective

puerile (comparative more puerile, superlative most puerile)

  1. Childish; trifling; silly.
    • The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents.1850, Thomas De Quincey, French and English Manners (originally published in Hogg's Instructor
  2. Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; compare puellile.

Forms of purile

comparativemore purile
superlativemost purile

Questions about purile

What is purile the misspelling of?
Purile is the misspelling of puerile.

Words near purile in the dictionary

  1. purifur
  2. purify
  3. purifying
  4. purifyingly
  5. purifyings
  6. purile
  7. Purim
  8. Purim spiel
  9. Purim spiels
  10. Purimic
  11. purinaemia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: purile (page history and authors); puerile (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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