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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Subtle.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Tenuous; thin; extremely fine; rare; rarefied: as, subtile vapor; subtile odors or effluvia; a subtile powder; a subtile medium. Also subtle.
  2. Delicately constituted, made, or formed; delicately constructed; thin; slender; fine; delicate; refined; dainty. Also subtle.
  3. Sharp; penetrating; piercing.
  4. Same as subtle, 3.
  5. Same as subtle, 4.
  6. Same as subtle, 5.
  7. Same as subtle, 7.
  8. To contrive or practise cunningly.
  9. To scheme or plan cunningly.
  10. To tamper; meddle.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. obsolete subtle

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Thin; not dense or gross; rare.
  2. adj. Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven.
  3. adj. Acute; piercing; searching.
  4. adj. Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle.
  5. adj. Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle.

Etymologies

  1. From Latin subtilis ("fine, thin, slender, delicate"), perhaps, from sub ("under") + tela ("a web, fabric"); see tela, toil. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, from Old French subtil, from Latin subtīlis, fine, delicate; see subtle. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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