pueriliter

Latin

Etymology

From puerīlis (“boyish, childish”) +‎ -ter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈriː.li.ter/, [puɛˈriːlʲɪt̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈri.li.ter/, [pueˈriːlit̪er]

Adverb

puerīliter (comparative puerīlius, superlative puerīlissimē)

1. childishly, foolishly

Related terms

• puerīlis

References

• “pueriliter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pueriliter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pueriliter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.