subtile

From Latin subtilis (“fine, thin, slender, delicate”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌt.əl/, /ˈsʌb.tɪl/, /ˈsʌb.təl/

subtile (comparative subtiler, superlative subtilest)

1. Archaic 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.

• subtile body

• “subtile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “subtile”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /syp.til/

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subtile

1. feminine singular of subtil

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subtile

1. inflection of subtil:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

subtīle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of subtīlis

• "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)

subtile

1. alternative form of sotil

subtile

1. alternative form of sotil

subtile

1. definite singular/plural of subtil

subtile

1. definite singular/plural of subtil

subtile

1. definite natural masculine singular of subtil