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swage(2) (iou) and puerile (oh)


swage(2) (iou)



swage verb1 trans. & intrans. Now arch. & dial. ME.
[Partly from Anglo-Norman suag(i)er, swag(i)er from Proto-Romance verb, from Latin suavis sweet, partly aphet. from ASSUAGE.]
= ASSUAGE.

puerile (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: pueril, from Latin puerilis, from puer 'boy, child']
silly and stupid
-synonym childish childish
::a puerile joke
-- puerility /pjU5rIlZti/ n [U]