gracile

English

Etymology

From Latin gracilis (“slender”). In the “graceful” sense, apparently influenced by the originally unrelated word grace.

Pronunciation

• (UK)

  IPA: /ɡɹæs.aɪl/

  SAMPA: /gr{s.aIl

Adjective

gracile (comparative more gracile, superlative most gracile)

1. Slender, thin, lean.
   • 2005, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale:

     They seem to have evolved from more ‘gracile’ apes (gracile being the opposite of robust).

   • 2009, Clive Finlayson, Neanderthals and Modern Humans:

     A more gracile morphology would have been far more efficient over larger areas.

2. Graceful or gracefully slender.

Derived terms

• gracility

Anagrams

• glacier

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Italian

Adjective

gracile m. and f. (m and f plural gracili)

1. delicate, frail, weakly
2. slender, thin

Related terms

• gracilità

Anagrams

• grecali, legarci

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Latin

Adjective

gracile

1. nominative neuter singular of gracilis
2. accusative neuter singular of gracilis
3. vocative neuter singular of gracilis