puer (puer)

An erroneous spelling of pure2. Simmonds. puerile (pū'e-ril), a. [= F. puéril = Pr. Sp. Pg. pueril = It. puerile, to a boy or child, boyish, childish, Franciscus Junius was born at Heidelberg, a famous city and university in Germany, an. 1589, educated in puerile Learning at Leyden in Holland. Wood, Athenæ Oxon., II. 602, Hence-2. Merely childish; lacking intellectual force; trivial: as, a puerile criticism. It was therefore usele , almost puerile , to deny facts which were quite as much within the knowledge of the Nether landers as of himself. Motley, Hist. Netherlands, II. 288. Puerile respiration, the respiratory murmur as heard in (healthy) children, louder and le vesicular than in healthy adults. Puerile respiration in the lung of an adult is generally a sign of disease. Sir T. Watson , Lectures on Physic, xlvii. = Syn. 1. Juvenile , Boyish , etc. (see youthful ) . — 2. Weak, foolish, silly. puerilely (pu'e-ril-li), adv . In a puerile manner; boyishly; triflingly.