Pu"er (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] The dung of dogs, used as an
alkaline steep in tanning. Simmonds.
||Pu*er"co (?), n. [Sp.] A hog.
Puerco beds (Geol.), a name given to certain strata belonging to the
earliest Eocene. They are developed in Northwestern New Mexico, along
the Rio Puerco, and are characterized by their mammalian remains.
Pu"er*ile (?), a. [L. puerilis, fr. puer a child, a boy: cf. F.
puÈril.] Boyish; childish; trifling; silly.
The French have been notorious through generations for their
puerile affectation of Roman forms, models, and historic
precedents.
De Quincey.
Syn. -- Youthful; boyish; juvenile; childish; trifling; weak. See
Youthful.
Pu"er*ile*ly, adv. In a puerile manner; childishly.
Pu"er*ile*ness, n. The quality of being puerile; puerility.
Pu`er*il"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Puerilities (#). [L. puerilitas: cf. F.
puÈrilitÈ.] 1. The quality of being puerile; childishness; puerileness.
Sir T. Browne.
2. That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which
is flat, insipid, or silly.
Pu*er"per*al (?), a. [L. puerpera a lying-in woman; puer child + parere
to bear: cf. F. puerpÈral.] Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a
puerperal fever.