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Definition of Puerilities
1. puerility [n] - See also: puerility
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puerilities
Literary usage of Puerilities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lost Cause Regained by Edward Alfred Pollard (1868)
"... responsible for the results of the War—Lack of a distinct inspiration in tha
South—puerilities of-Mr, Davis—His first design to take personal command of ..."
2. The Lost Cause Regained by Edward Alfred Pollard (1868)
"... responsible for the results of the War—Lack of a distinct inspiration in the
South—puerilities of Mr. Davis—His first design to take personal command oí ..."
3. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their by Samuel Johnson (1854)
"Birth and Parentage — Genius — Educated at Westminster and Cambridge— His learned
puerilities — His 'Mistress'—His Compliance with the Times — His Latin ..."
4. Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime: Translated from the Greek. With Notes and by Longinus (1800)
"Now the only failure in this swoln and puffed-up style is, that it endeavours to
go 4 beyond the true Sublime, whereas puerilities are directly opposite to ..."
5. The Ancient Church: Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution Traced by William Dool Killen (1859)
"... V. The puerilities, vapouring, and mysticism of these letters proclaim their
forgery. We would expect an aged apostolic minister, ..."
6. Renaissance in Italy by John Addington Symonds (1888)
"... Elegantia e '—Stylistic puerilities—Value attached to Rhetoric—' Oratore '—Moral
Essays—Epistolography —Histories—Critical and Antiquarian Studies—Large ..."
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