adj
gracile
Gracile (adj) means Thin and slender.
adj
1
Thin and slender.
"The deinonychosaurs have gracile skulls, a carnivorous diet, and asymmetric flight feathers; all these features possibly evolved secondarily in deinonychosaurs."
— Sankar Chatterjee, The Origin of Birds (2015)
2
Describes an animal or bone with a slim, light build.
3
Slim and elegant in shape or movement.
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Etymology
This word was borrowed from Middle French gracil, gracile (“slender, thin”) (modern French gracile, “gracile”), or taken directly from its source Latin gracilis (“slender, slim, thin; lean, meagre, scanty; simple, unadorned”), which ultimately goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin; to wane”). Its sense “graceful or gracefully slender” seems to have been shaped by the non-cognate word grace. It is cognate with Italian gracile (“delicate, frail; slender, thin”), Portuguese grácil, and Spanish grácil (“graceful; delicate; slender”), and is a doublet of gracilis.
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What is the meaning of gracile?
"gracile" (adj) means thin and slender.
What is another word for gracile?
Other words for "gracile" include gaunt, lean, lithe, svelte, leansome, slender.
What is the opposite of gracile?
The opposite of "gracile" is robust.
What are the different meanings of gracile?
"gracile" has 3 main meanings: 1. Thin and slender; 2. Describes an animal or bone with a slim, light build; 3. Slim and elegant in shape or movement.
