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Definition of Subtile
1. a. Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.
Definition of Subtile
1. Adjective. (obsolete) subtle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subtile
1. subtle [adj -TILER, -TILEST] - See also: subtle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtile
Literary usage of Subtile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon (1824)
"Experiments in consort touching perception in bodies insensible, tending to
natural divination or subtile trials. IT is certain, that all bodies whatsoever, ..."
2. The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban and Lord by Francis Bacon (1819)
"Experiments in consort touching perception in bodies insensible, tending to
natural divination or subtile trials. IT is certain, that all bodies whatsoever, ..."
3. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical by Benjamin Franklin (1856)
"Fire supposed to exist in the State of a subtile Fluid. ... This subtile fluid
is attracted by plants and animals in their growth, and consolidated; ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"From these subtile elements are then produced seventeen subtile bodies and the
five grt>ss elements. The former, also called linga- ..."
5. The Yoga-system of Patañjali: Or, The Ancient Hindu Doctrine of by Patañjali, Vyāsa, Vācaspatimiśra (1914)
"He sums up with the word «Thus.» «0f both kinds» means both its
own [super-deliberative] and also super-reflective forms.. The subtile object likewise ..."
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