different between asininity vs puerility

asininity

English

Etymology

asinine +? -ity

Noun

asininity (countable and uncountable, plural asininities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being asinine; obstinate stupidity
  2. (countable) An asinine remark, behaviour, etc.

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puerility

English

Etymology

puerile +? -ity, from Middle French puérilité, from Latin puer?lit?s, from puer?lis (childish, juvenile), from puer (boy).

Noun

puerility (countable and uncountable, plural puerilities)

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
  2. That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is insipid or silly.
    • 1857, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago
      You treat his opinions (though he never thrusts them on you) about "the Church," and his duty, and the souls of his parishioners, with civil indifference, as much ado about nothing; and his rubrical eccentricities as puerilities.

See also

  • puerilism

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