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- adjective Common misspelling of
puerile .
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Examples
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Forget one or two intellectuals who indulge in what can only be described as purile psuedo religious intellectual masturbation.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Why in an age of Will Ferrall and Adam Sandler both of whom I have a high comedic respect for and both of whom deal in the same kind of purile comedy Pee Wee does, but they do it soo much better.
Pee-Wee Herman Returns with a Twitter Account…and a Jay Leno Interview | /Film 2009
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Certainly I would believe that many, even most, Ethnic Studies departments have devolved into this kind of purile defensiveness, but I don't think that makes the whole concept untenable.
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Certainly I would believe that many, even most, Ethnic Studies departments have devolved into this kind of purile defensiveness, but I don't think that makes the whole concept untenable.
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With that health warning, here's a prime example of the genre from Harry Reid's Nevada Senate campaign that is as nasty and purile as it gets.
US midterm elections live blog - Thursday 7 October Richard Adams 2010
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Any novel can become a GREAT movie or a CRAP one - the to and fro on this is purile.
Shocker! Roland Emmerich Will Film Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy as 3D Mo-Cap Epic | /Film 2010
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'Would Maggie have been diverted from her aims, visions or policies by a purile Labour Government?'
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'Would Maggie have been diverted from her aims, visions or policies by a purile Labour Government?'
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There is a one-second shot in the movie that's invalid and does show how one of the goals of the film was purile shock.
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Ask yourself, Would Maggie have been diverted from her aims, visions or policies by a purile Labour Government?
stpeter commented on the word purile
Did you mean puerile?
December 28, 2006
clearly commented on the word purile
It is of course"puerile". Now I feel stupid because I have been spelling it "Purile" for years. It means childish or acting in a childlike manner despite knowing better, I think
May 7, 2009