Word of the Week: puerile (PYŎŎR-īl)

Definition

(Adjective) Usually derogatory. Of conversation, thought, humor, etc.: befitting children rather than adults; childish, infantile, immature; unsophisticated; silly.

In Context

“The duke’s puerile love letters were read out, and he was mocked as a corrupt, lovesick old fool.”

Kate Williams, Becoming Queen Victoria: The Tragic Death of Princess Charlotte and the Unexpected Rise of Britain’s Greatest Monarch, 2008.