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pu•er•ile

Pronunciation: (pyOO'ur-il, -u-rīl", pyoor'il, -īl), [key]
—adj.
1. of or pertaining to a child or to childhood.
2. childishly foolish; immature or trivial: a puerile piece of writing.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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