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adj. Belonging to childhood; juvenile.

adj. Immature; childish. See Synonyms at young.

adj. Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; confer: puellile.

adj. Childish; trifling; silly.

adj. Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.

Of or pertaining to a boy or child; boyish; childish; juvenile.

Hence Merely childish; lacking intellectual force; trivial: as, a puerile criticism.

Synonyms Juvenile, Boyish, etc. (see youthful).

Weak, foolish, silly.

adj. of or characteristic of a child

adj. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

"Your example of email being maligned as puerile is just a case in point."

immature   

puerile respiration   

childish    weak    boyish    youthful    trifling    juvenile    silly   

Biel    Brasil    Camille    Cecile    Cele    Ciel    Emil    Emile    Keil    Kiel   

ludicrous    preposterous    trivial    absurd    contemptible    grotesque    frivolous    futile    pedantic    farfetched