sotil
Estonian edit
Noun edit
sotil
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French sotil, soutil, subtil, from Latin subtīlis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sotil (comparative sotiler, superlative sotilest)
- Using brainpower; smart or wise:
- Discerning, perceptive, effective, intelligent.
- Wily, tricky, creative; using sleight-of-hand successfully.
- Deceptive, misleading; causing insidiousness or treachery.
- Low in a measurement; small or mean:
- Light; of low density or chopped into small bits.
- Little, diminutive; having a low size.
- Low in width or breadth; slender or skinny.
- Lacking coarseness; made with refinement.
- (foods) Bland; having little taste or flavour.
- (rare) Quiet, hard to hear or detect.
- Displaying refinement; well-mannered, exquisite, or cultured.
- Made well or enjoyably; artisanal or delightful.
- Having a high viscosity; fluidic or runny.
- Airy, gaseous; lacking impurities or defects.
- (rare) Challenging, unexplainable; causing difficulty.
- (rare) Convoluted; not simple or basic.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “sotil, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-16.
Noun edit
sotil (uncountable)
- A substance or part of one that is light and not dense.
- (rare) Sophistication; the state of being complicated.
References edit
- “sotil, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-16.
Spanish edit
Adjective edit
sotil m or f (masculine and feminine plural sotiles)
Further reading edit
- “sotil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014