pueriliter

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈriː.li.ter/, [puɛˈriːlʲɪt̪ɛr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.eˈri.li.ter/, [pueˈriːlit̪er]

Adverb

puerīliter (comparative puerīlius, superlative puerīlissimē)

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.

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