adj
puellile
Puellile (adj) means Typical of, or relating to, a girl or girls.
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Typical of, or relating to, a girl or girls.
"Serious acceptance of scepticism must be reserved for those who are puerile (or, to coin a feminist expression, puellile) and unworldly to the point of disability."
— Jan Śrzednicki, On the Possibility of Knowledge (1993)
"The dialogue with Ann-Margret on screen is puerile (or is it puellile?) and insulting to the audience."
— Lorne Parton, See hear: Machine-made star (1965)
"“If we can put down boys by calling their behaviour puerile,” speculated Maria, “tell me why in all fairness why the reprehensible behaviour of ladettes and girlies shouldn’t be described as puellile?”"
— Saif Rahman, Yea, Verulam (2004)
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Etymology
Formed from Latin puella (“female child, girl”) and English -ile (a suffix meaning ‘capable of; tending to’ that forms adjectives), on the model of puerile. Puella itself derives from puellus (“male child, young boy”) plus -a (the feminine form of -us); puellus is a contraction of puerulus (“little boy; little slave”), from puer (“boy, lad; male page, servant, or slave; child”) — ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little; smallness”) — plus -ulus (“suffix forming diminutives of nouns indicating small size or youth”).
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What is the meaning of puellile?
"puellile" (adj) means typical of, or relating to, a girl or girls.
What is another word for puellile?
Other words for "puellile" include girly, girlish, puelline.
