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subtle
English
Alternative forms
- subtil, subtile, suttle (all obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English sotil, soubtil, subtil, borrowed from Old French soutil, subtil, from Latin subt?lis (“fine, thin, slender, delicate”); probably, originally, “woven fine”, and from sub (“under”) + tela (“a web”), from texere (“to weave”). Displaced native Old English sm?ag.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?t'(?)l, IPA(key): /?s?t(?)l/, [?s????]
- Rhymes: -?t?l
Adjective
subtle (comparative subtler or more subtle, superlative subtlest or most subtle)
- Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood; barely noticeable.
- Antonym: simple
- 1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem. Demonstrating the Existence and Providence of a God. In Seven Books, book I, London: Printed for S. Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain; and J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand, OCLC 731619916; 5th edition, Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, in Dame's-street, 1727, OCLC 728300884, page 7:
- The mighty Magnet from the Center darts / This ?trong, tho' ?ubtile Force, thro' all the Parts: / Its active Rays ejaculated thence, / Irradiate all the wide Circumference.
- (of a thing) Cleverly contrived.
- (of a person or animal) Cunning, skillful.
- Synonyms: crafty, cunning, skillful
- Insidious.
- Synonyms: deceptive, malicious
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Richard the Third, Act IV, scene 4:
- Thy age confirmed, proud, subtle, bloody, treacherous.
- Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency.
- (obsolete) Refined; exquisite.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- subtle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- subtle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “subtle”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- bluest, bluets, bustle, butles, sublet
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anosmic
English
Etymology
anosmia +? -ic.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æ?n?zm?k/
- Hyphenation: anos?mic
Adjective
anosmic (comparative more anosmic, superlative most anosmic)
- (pathology) Having anosmia; lacking a sense of smell.
- (zoology) Lacking olfactory organs; anosmatic.
Synonyms
- (zoology): anosmatic
Antonyms
- (pathology): hyperosmic, macrosmatic, normosmic
- (zoology): osmatic
Translations
Noun
anosmic (plural anosmics)
- (pathology) A person with anosmia; a person lacking a sense of smell.
Coordinate terms
- blind
- deaf
Related terms
- anosmia
Translations
Further reading
- anosmia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Anosmia Awareness Day on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Caminos, Masonic, anicoms, camions, mancosi, maniocs, masonic
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- what does anosmia mean
- what causes anosmia
- what does anemic mean
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