different between subtil vs crafty

English

Adjective

subtil (comparative more subtil, superlative most subtil)

1. Obsolete form of subtle.; sly, artful, cunning
   • , Genesis 3:1

     Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

   • 1611, King James Version, Wisdom of Solomonn 7:22–23:

     For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit holy, one only, manifold, subtil, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good, Kind to man, steadfast, sure, free from care, having all power, overseeing all things, and going through all understanding, pure, and most subtil, spirits.

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “subtil”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language

Anagrams

• builts, bultis

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /sup?til/

Adjective

subtil (masculine and feminine plural subtils)

1. subtle

Derived terms

• subtilesa
• subtilment

Danish

Etymology

From Latin subt?lis (“fine, thin”), from sub + t?la (“a web”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subti?l/, [sub??t?i??l]

Adjective

subtil

1. subtle

Inflection

References

• “subtil” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Semi-learned term, modified from the inherited Old French sotil, soutil after the original etymology, Latin subt?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syp.til/

Adjective

subtil (feminine singular subtile, masculine plural subtils, feminine plural subtiles)

1. subtle

Further reading

• “subtil” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subt?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

subtil (comparative subtiler, superlative am subtilsten)

1. subtle

Declension

Related terms

• Subtilität

Further reading

• “subtil” in Duden online

Middle English

Adjective

subtil

1. Alternative form of sotil

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin subtilis

Adjective

subtil (masculine and feminine subtil, neuter subtilt, definite singular and plural subtile)

1. subtle

References

• “subtil” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “subtil” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin subtilis

Adjective

subtil (masculine and feminine subtil, neuter subtilt, definite singular and plural subtile)

1. subtle

References

• “subtil” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Adjective

subtil m or f (plural subtis, comparable) (European orthography)

1. Alternative form of sutil

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French subtil and Latin subt?lis. Doublet of sub?ire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sub?til/

Adjective

subtil m or n (feminine singular subtil?, masculine plural subtili, feminine and neuter plural subtile)

1. subtle

Declension

Related terms

Swedish

Adjective

subtil (comparative subtilare, superlative subtilast)

1. subtle

Declension

Related terms

• subtilitet

English

Etymology

From Middle English crafti, crefti, from Old English cræfti? (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *kraftagaz, *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft +? -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?æfti/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k???fti/

Adjective

crafty (comparative craftier, superlative craftiest)

1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft

   Synonyms: cunning, wily

   • For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.

4. Sneaky; surreptitious.

   I took a crafty look at his hand of cards while he was out of the room.

Synonyms

• (skillful): See also Thesaurus:skilled
• (cunning, wily): See also Thesaurus:wily

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