different between ridiculousness vs puerility

ridiculousness

English

Etymology

ridiculous +? -ness

Noun

ridiculousness (countable and uncountable, plural ridiculousnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The characteristic of being ridiculous.
  2. (countable) The result of being ridiculous.

Synonyms

  • ridiculosity (less common)

Translations

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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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