Puerility
61stupidity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Dullness of mind] Syn. stupor, stupefaction, apathy, slowness, inertia, heaviness, obtuseness, sluggishness, stolidity, feeble mindedness, folly, weakness, silliness, nonsense, absurdity, imbecility, imprudence, lunacy,… …
62Imbecility — (Roget s Thesaurus) Folly. < N PARAG:Imbecility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 want of intelligence want of intelligence &c. 498 want of intellect &c. 450 Sgm: N 1 shadowness shadowness silliness foolishness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imbecility… …
63puerile — puer|ile [ˈpjuəraıl US ˈpjurəl] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: puéril, from Latin puerilis, from puer boy, child ] silly and stupid = ↑childish ▪ a puerile joke >puerility [pjuˈrılıti] n [U] …
64puerile — [ pjʊərʌɪl] adjective childishly silly and trivial. Derivatives puerilely adverb puerility pjʊə rɪlɪti noun (plural puerilities). Origin C16 (in the sense like a boy ): from Fr. puéril or L. puerilis, from puer boy …
65foolishness — n. 1. Folly, silliness, imbecility, stupidity, fatuity, shallowness, dulness, doltishness. 2. Absurdity, extravagance, nonsense, imprudence, indiscretion. 3. Puerility, childishness, triviality …
66frivolity — n. Levity, puerility, trifling, triviality, frivolousness, folly, fribbling, frippery, flummery …
67inanity — n. 1. Emptiness, vacuity, inanition. 2. Vanity, frivolousness, puerility, folly, worthlessness …
68puerile — adjective formal puerile jokes, remarks etc are silly and stupid; childish: He s got such a puerile sense of humour. puerility /pjU rIliti/ noun (U) …
69adolescence — n 1. youth, teens, teenage, teen years, pubescence; boyhood, girlhood, minority, nonage; heyday, rising generation, flower of youth, springtime of life, bloom or flower of life, golden season of life, dayspring of life. 2. immaturity, growing… …
70childhood — n infancy, babyhood, tender age; youth, boyhood, girlhood, adolescence, puberty; juvenility, juvenescence, puerility, growing up; teens, school days, pupilage, flower of youth, springtime of life, dayspring of life; minority, nonage, juniority,… …
