subtile
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin subtilis (“fine, thin, slender, delicate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
subtile (comparative subtiler, superlative subtilest)
- Obsolete form of subtle.
- 1819, Francis Bacon, The Works of Francis Bacon, volume 2, page 2:
- And sometimes this perception, in some kind of bodies, is far more subtile than the sense; so that the sense is but a dull thing in comparison of it: we see a weather-glass will find the least difference of the weather, in heat, or cold, when men find it not.
- 1888, Henry James, chapter 2, in The Solution:
- I burst into mirth at this—I liked him even better when he was subtile than when he was simple.
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Further reading[edit]
- “subtile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “subtile”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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subtile
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
subtile
- inflection of subtil:
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
subtīle
References[edit]
- subtile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
subtile
- Alternative form of sotil
Noun[edit]
subtile
- Alternative form of sotil
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Adjective[edit]
subtile
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Adjective[edit]
subtile
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
subtile
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