anile
/ˈæ.naɪl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.09 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman.
Example Sentences
- "Dr. Wittman, too, was passing over the same ground trodden by Bonaparte in his Syrian expedition, and had an ample opportunity of inquiring its probable object, and the probably success which (but for the heroic defence of Acre), might have attended it ; he was on the theatre of Bonaparte’s imputed crimes, as well as his notorious defeat ; and might have brought us back, not anile conjecture, but sound evidence of events which must determine his character, who may determine our fate."
- "Romanticism, so sanguine and so venturous in its revolutionary youth, grew anile in its premature decrepitude ; mumbled its credos ; cursed its heretics — and died."
- "Steerpike derived as much pleasure in watching these anile and pitiful creatures, dressed in their purple finery, as they crawled beneath the carpet as he got from anything."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: anīlis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæ.naɪl/
- British English: /ˈæn.aɪl/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more anile (comparative)
most anile (superlative)