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Subtile

Subtile (subtile)
a.(?)
Sub"tile
[L. subtilis. See Subtile.]
  1. Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.
  2. Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven.
    "A sotil [subtile] twine's thread." Chaucer.

    More subtile web Arachne can not spin. Spenser.

    I do distinguish plain
    Each subtile line of her immortal face.     Sir J. Davies.

  3. Acute; piercing; searching.

    The slow disease and subtile pain. Prior.

  4. Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle.
    [In this sense now commonly written subtle.]

    The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtile, without being at all acute; hence there is so much humor and so little wit in their literature. The genius of the Italians, on the contrary, is acute, profound, and sensual, but not subtile; hence what they think to be humorous, is merely witty. Coleridge.

    The subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson's. Hawthorne.

  5. Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme.
    [In this sense now commonly written subtle.]

    Syn. -- Subtile, Acute. In acute the image is that of a needle's point; in subtile that of a thread spun out to fineness. The acute intellect pierces to its aim; the subtile (or subtle) intellect winds its way through obstacles.

    -- Sub"tile*ly, adv. -- Sub"tile*ness, n.













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