- Subtilty
- Subtilty Sub"til*ty, n. [Contr. fr. subtility.]
1. The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness;
as, the subtility of air or light.
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2. Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety. [1913 Webster]
Intelligible discourses are spoiled by too much subtility in nice divisions. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
3. Cunning; skill; craft. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
To learn a lewd man this subtility. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
4. Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety. [1913 Webster]
O full of all subtility and all mischief. --Acts xiii. 10. [1913 Webster]
Note: In senses 2, 3, and 4 the word is more commonly written subtlety. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
См. также в других словарях:
subtilty — noun (plural ties) Date: 14th century subtlety … New Collegiate Dictionary
subtilty — /sut l tee, sub til /, n., pl. subtilties. Archaic. subtlety. Also, subtility /sub til i tee/. * * * … Universalium
subtilty — noun Subtlety … Wiktionary
subtilty — n. 1. Rarity, thinness, etherealness, subtileness. 2. Fineness, slenderness. 3. Refinement, extreme nicety, subtlety, acuteness. 4. Slyness, cunning, artifice, craft, subtlety … New dictionary of synonyms
subtilty — sub·til·ty … English syllables
subtilty — like subtilety noun ( es) Etymology: Middle English subtiltee, alteration (influenced by Latin subtilis) of subtilte subtlety more at subtlety : subtlety or an instance of it … Useful english dictionary
Refinement — Re*fine ment (r?*f?n ment), n. [Cf. F. raffinement.] 1. The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas. [1913 Webster] The more bodies are of kin to spirit in subtilty and refinement, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Richard Coppin — was a seventeenth century English political and religious writer, and prolific radical pamphleteer and preacher. Late 1640s to late 1650sHe was an Anglican clergyman, until 1648, [cite book | last = Hill | first = Christopher | authorlink =… … Wikipedia
English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue … Wikipedia
Rarity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Rarity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 rarity rarity tenuity Sgm: N 1 absence of solidity absence of solidity &c. 321 Sgm: N 1 subtility subtility Sgm: N 1 subtilty subtilty subtlety Sgm: N 1 sponginess … English dictionary for students
