Puellile

/p(j)uːˈɛlaɪl/ · adjective

Meaning

(formal, chiefly derogatory) Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a girl or girls..

Example Sentences

One weak and puerile (or puellile; or anile) articles^([sic]) does a journal more harm than two good articles can neutralize.

[The tale] would be too puellile—may we coin a word?—for strictures, had not the writer challenged them by her introduction.

Of pass-times puellile.

Andrew Carnegie has found “the prettiest girl in the world” in Pittsburgh. Never having sojourned in North Carolina, Uncle Andy has no conception of what puellile loveliness can be.

And little Audrey, too! What a rascal she is! Why, when she looked at her date for the prom, little Audrey just laughed and laughed … / All this, we admit, is rather puellile—(hooray, we’ve coined a word!) … And so we’ll become puerile at once—and give you the willies!

The dialogue with Ann-Margret on screen is puerile (or is it puellile?) and insulting to the audience.

We cannot credit the argument, which would require the trier to assume that the inscription represented a serious invitation and not simply puellile exhibitionism and, further, that the invitation was extended to any who might apply […]

Serious acceptance of scepticism must be reserved for those who are puerile (or, to coin a feminist expression, puellile) and unworldly to the point of disability.

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• more puellile
• most puellile

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