different between immature vs puerile
immature
English
Etymology
From Middle French immature. Partially displaced unripe, from Old English unr?pe (“unripe, immature”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m??tj??(?)/, /?m??t???(?)/, /?m??t??(?)/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Adjective
immature (comparative more immature, superlative most immature)
- (now rare) Occurring before the proper time; untimely, premature (especially of death). [from 16th c.]
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 481:
- And thou also canst best account for the causes of her immature death […] .
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 481:
- Not fully formed or developed; not grown. [from 17th c.]
- Childish in behavior; juvenile. [from 20th c.]
- Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger.
- Wilhelm Stekel - As quoted in The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger.
Synonyms
- (childish in behavior): infantile, milky; see also Thesaurus:childish
Translations
Noun
immature (plural immatures)
- An immature member of a species.
Related terms
- mature
- immaturity
French
Adjective
immature (plural immatures)
- immature, unripe
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
immature
- inflection of immatur:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
immature
- feminine plural of immaturo
Anagrams
- ammutire
Latin
Adjective
imm?t?re
- vocative masculine singular of imm?t?rus
References
- immature in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- immature in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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puerile
English
Etymology
From Latin puer?lis (“childish”), from puer (“child, boy”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pj??.?a?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?pj???l/, /?pj??a?l/
Adjective
puerile (comparative more puerile, superlative most puerile)
- Childish; trifling; silly.
- Synonyms: juvenile, silly, trifling; see also Thesaurus:childish, Thesaurus:insignificant
- 1850, Thomas De Quincey, French and English Manners (originally published in Hogg's Instructor
- The French have been notorious through generations for their puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents.
- 1927, Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, page 79:
- From the table he had received the gout; from the alcove a tendency to convulsions; from the grandeeship a pride so vast and puerile that he seldom heard anything that was said to him and talked to the ceiling in a perpetual monologue; from the exile, oceans of boredom, a boredom so persuasive that it was like pain,—he woke up with it and spent the day with it, and it sat by his bed all night watching his sleep.
- 1930 July, West Kirby, Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon, Preface (page 9 of the Dover 1968 reprint of L&FM and Star Maker):
- Today we should welcome, and even study, every serious attempt to envisage the future of our race, not merely to grasp the very diverse and often tragic possibilities that confront us, but also that we may familiarize ourselves with the certainty that many of our cherished ideals would seem puerile to more developed minds.
- Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; compare puellile. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- puerilism
- puerility
Translations
See also
- boyish
- yobbish
- youthful
Anagrams
- pie rule
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
puerile
- inflection of pueril:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Etymology
From Latin puer?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pwe?ri.le/
Adjective
puerile (plural puerili)
- puerile, childish, juvenile, boyish
- (rare, relational) children's, baby
Synonyms
- infantile
Related terms
Anagrams
- pelurie
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pu.e?ri?.le/, [pu???i????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pu.e?ri.le/, [pu???i?l?]
Adjective
puer?le
- nominative neuter singular of puer?lis
- accusative neuter singular of puer?lis
- vocative neuter singular of puer?lis
References
- puerile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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