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ˈsʌt l, ˈsʌb tɪlsub·tile
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subtileadjective
subtle
Etymology: From subtilis, perhaps, from sub + tela; see tela, toil.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SUBTILEadjective
Etymology: subtile, Fr. subtilis, Lat.
From his eyes the fleeting fair
Retir’d, like subtle smoke dissolv’d in air. John Dryden, Georg.Deny Des Cart his subtile matter,
You leave him neither fire nor water. Matthew Prior.Is not the heat conveyed through the vacuum by the vibrations of a much subtiler medium than air, which, after the air was drawn out, remained in the vacuum? Isaac Newton, Opt.
But of the clock which in our breasts we bear,
The subtile motions we forget the while. Davies.Thou only know’st her nature, and her pow’rs;
Her subtile form thou only can’st define. Davies.I do distinguish plain
Each subtile line of her immortal face. Davies.Pass we the slow disease and subtile pain,
Which our weak frame is destin’d to sustain;
The cruel stone, the cold catarrh. Matthew Prior.Arrius, a priest in the church of Alexandria, a subtile witted and a marvellous fair spoken man, was discontented that one should be placed before him in honour, whose superior he thought himself in desert, because through envy and stomach prone unto contradiction. Richard Hooker.
Think you this York
Was not incensed by his subtle mother,
To taunt and scorn you? William Shakespeare, Richard III.O subtile love, a thousand wiles thou hast
By humble suit, by service, or by hire,
To win a maiden’s hold. Edward Fairfax.A woman, an harlot and subtile of heart. Prov. vii. 10.
Nor thou his malice, and false guile, contemn:
Subtile he needs must be, who could seduce
Angels. John Milton, Paradise Lost.Like a bowl upon a subtle ground,
I’ve tumbled past the throw. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.Things remote from use, obscure and subtle. John Milton.
Webster Dictionary
Subtileadjective
thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium
Subtileadjective
delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven
Subtileadjective
acute; piercing; searching
Subtileadjective
characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle
Subtileadjective
sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Subtile
sub′til, adj. delicately constructed: fine: thin or rare: piercing: shrewd.—adv. Sub′tilely.—ns. Sub′tileness; Subtilisā′tion.—v.t. Sub′tilise, to make subtile, thin, or rare: to spin into niceties.—v.i. to make nice distinctions: to refine in argument.—ns. Sub′tilism, the quality of being subtile; Sub′tilty, state or quality of being subtile: fineness: extreme acuteness: cunning. [L. subtilis—sub, under, tela, a web.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Subtile in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Subtile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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