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View synonyms for anile
anile
[ an-ahyl, ey-nahyl ]
adjective
- of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
anile
/ ˈænaɪl; ˈeɪnaɪl; əˈnɪlɪtɪ /
adjective
- of or like a feeble old woman
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Derived Forms
- anility, noun
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Other Words From
- a·nil·i·ty [uh, -, nil, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of anile1
C17: from Latin anīlis, from anus old woman
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Example Sentences
Locke was now far too eminent a man to be troubled by so anile a demonstration of folly.
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He is evidently childish, and breaks now and then into an anile laugh at the thought, no doubt, of some dead old pot-house jest.
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Our babbling, anile friend, in the very looseness of her prating has let out the truth.
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