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anile

[ an-ahyl, ey-nahyl ]

adjective

  1. of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.


anile

/ ˈænaɪl; ˈeɪnaɪl; əˈnɪlɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. of or like a feeble old woman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • anility, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹Â·²Ô¾±±ô·¾±Â·³Ù²â [uh, -, nil, -i-tee], noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of anile1

1645–55; < Latin ²¹²ÔÄ«±ô¾±²õ pertaining to an old woman, equivalent to an ( us ) old woman + -Ä«±ô¾±²õ -ile
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of anile1

C17: from Latin ²¹²ÔÄ«±ô¾±²õ, from anus old woman
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A half anile flickered across the queen's face.

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The object of Zoe's anile affection was a capable man, and justified his rather humiliating elevation by good service to the empire.

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As to their religion, it had the reputation popularly, according to various Fathers, of being an anile superstition, the discovery of old women, a joke, a madness, an infatuation, an absurdity, a fanaticism.

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Such a relief must have come to many readers of Cowper, who would put down his religion as rank fanaticism, and his satire as anile declamation.

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The ladies 246 would not think so,†he added, mournfully wagging his head with anile melancholy.

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