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Definition of Anile
1. Adjective. Of or like a feeble old woman.
Definition of Anile
1. a. Old-womanish; imbecile.
Definition of Anile
1. Adjective. Characteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anile
1. resembling an old woman [adj]
Medical Definition of Anile
1. Old-womanish; imbecile. "Anile ideas." Origin: L. Anilis, fr. Anus an old woman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anile
Literary usage of Anile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journal During a Residence in France, from the Beginning of August, to the by John Moore (1793)
"... anile in my face, and tip me the wink. 1 8. Whea I went to the Convention thU
morning, ... anile ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Plant 1 ft. or more high : lvs. very broadly rhombic - ovate, nearly or- quite
se-anile : fin. white-, the petals 1 in. or lens long, ovate-lanceolate, ..."
3. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1903)
"OH)CN, may be obtained from the aldoxime anile by long heating with the Beckmann
mixture or by the action of aniline chloride upon an alkaline solution of ..."
4. Altenglische Sprachproben nebst einem Wörterbuch by Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner, Hugo Bieling (1878)
"LANGT, p. 172. Of his mynde he shewed me all and some. SKELTON I. 39. over alle,
over al, ags. nfer anile, «frr eull, überall: Pet is and wes and efre seal ..."
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