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Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.The French have been notorious through generations for their puerileaffectation of Roman forms, models, and historic precedents. DeQuincey.
Childish; suited for children, trivial
Act of [childish] [behaviour]
[GJB]
behaving in a silly way, not like an adult:
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