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puerile adjective asinine, callow, childish, childishly foolish, fatuous, foolish, green, immature, inadequate, inane, infantile, infantine, injudicious, jejune, juvenile, kiddish, naive, nonsensical, petty, piddling, puerilis, raw, senseless, shallow, silly, simple, unwise, unworthy of serious considdration
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asinine callow childish childishly foolish fatuous foolish green immature inadequate inane inept infantile infantine injudicious jejune juvenile kiddish mad naive | In 1915, debate raged about whether the Royal meeting should take place, and Colonel Henry Knollys knew the answer: "Is it unreasonable to hope that in 1915 the upper classes of men and women will forbear from assembling in their tens of thousands, say, at Ascot, peacocking in their plumes and prattling their puerilities, eating plentifully and drinking still more so, semi-intoxicated with the splendour and spangle of the gaudy scene . Elinor recounts her resistance to "the tyrant false pride," "the puerilities of education," and "the monster custom"--which she has, in turn, "conquered," "mocked," and "defeated"--as marks of honor setting her apart from typical women of her day, but this litany of radical accomplishments is undercut by her utter slavishness to her own unrequited passion for Harleigh (189). How bracing for us today, beset with simplistic puerilities about American and European civilization, is the adult and comprehensive wisdom of Cather, who, while never idealizing, keeps before our eyes the human achievement--and its religious dimension. |
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Puente, Tito Puer Puer Puer puer- Pueraria Pueraria Pueraria lobata Pueraria lobata Pueraria lobata Pueraria montana Pueraria montana Pueraria montana Puerco Puerco beds Pueri sunt de sanguine parentum puericulture puerile puerile puerile puerile person puerilely puerilely puerilely puerileness puerileness puerileness puerilis puerilism puerilism puerilities puerilitypuerility puerility puerpera puerpera puerperal puerperal puerperal puerperal convulsion puerperal convulsion puerperal convulsion puerperal convulsion puerperal eclampsia puerperal eclampsia puerperal eclampsia Puerperal endometritis Puerperal endometritis Puerperal endometritis puerperal fever puerperal fever puerperal fever puerperal fever Puerperal infection Puerperal infection Puerperal infection puerperal laminitis puerperal laminitis puerperal mania puerperal mastitis puerperal metritis | |||||||
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