gracile
Gracile (adj) means Lean, slender, thin.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French gracil, gracile (“slender, thin”) (modern French gracile (“gracile”)), or directly from its etymon Latin gracilis (“slender, slim, thin; lean, meagre, scanty; simple, unadorned”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kerḱ- (“to become thin; to wane”). The sense “graceful or gracefully slender” was apparently influenced by the non-cognate word grace. The English word is cognate with Italian gracile (“delicate, frail; slender, thin”), Portuguese grácil, Spanish grácil (“graceful; delicate; slender”), and a doublet of gracilis.
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What is the meaning of gracile?
"gracile" (adj) means lean, slender, thin.
What are the different meanings of gracile?
"gracile" has 3 main meanings: 1. Lean, slender, thin; 2. Of an animal or skeletal element: having a slender frame; 3. Graceful or gracefully slender.