gracileadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡrasɪl/,

/ˈɡrasʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈɡræsəl/,

/ˈɡræˌsaɪl/

Forms: 1500s gracil, 1600s gracill, 1600s– gracile.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French gracil; Latin gracilis.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French gracil, gracile slender, thin (1515; apparently unattested in 17th and 18th centuries), or its etymon (ii) classical Latin gracilis slender, thin, (of literary style) simple, plain, apparently < the same base as cracēns slender (with dissimilation of velars), of uncertain origin, perhaps < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit kṛśa lean, Old Icelandic horr leanness. Compare Spanish grácil (second half of the 15th cent.), Portuguese grácil (1548 as †gracil).In sense 2 apparently influenced semantically by association with grace n.

1. Slender, thin, lean. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adjective]

subtlea1382

subtilea1393

subtilec1392

smiltc1400

fine?a1425

thina1425

exile?1440

slender1444

tenuious1495

jimp?a1513

lenye1513

fine-spuna1555

nice1567

spindled1584

gracile1590

snever1640

tenuous1656

slim1657

gracilious1688

gracilent1727

twittery1819

flitterya1834

attenuate1848

spiry1849

low-profile1906

matchlike1906

slimline1949

1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 39 A gracil and thin diet.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Mmm Its tail, like that of other Serpents, grows more gracile by degrees.

1799 I. D'Israeli Romances 234 Half their impatient bosom peered above their vest, and their naked knee, and their gracile legs, glided with easy grace.

1818 J. Brown Psyche 30 Words daily grow more short and gracile.

1859 T. De Quincey Cæsars (rev. ed.) in Wks. X. 47 In person, he was tall, fair, gracile.

1905 Daily Chron. 24 Oct. 4/7 All the gracile women and all the lean men should be made plump.

1934 E. Huber Evol. Facial Musculature iv. 104 There were noticed also more ‘gracile types’, with..greater differentiation of the musculature of the mid-face region.

2000 E. D. Whitaker Measuring Mamma's Milk ix. 285 Gracile women were considered to have a defective anatomy ill-favored for maternity.

2. spec. Gracefully slender.

ΚΠ

1817 European Mag. & London Rev. Jan. 43/2 They [sc. women] are..formed in ‘the very poetry of nature’ soft, light, gracile, and retiring.

1871 D. G. Rossetti Love's Nocturn in Poems xi Where in groves the gracile Spring Trembles.

1888 Harper's Mag. Apr. 733/2 Girls..beautiful with the beauty of ruddy bronze,—gracile as the palmettoes that sway above them.

1929 Rotarian Mar. 56/3 In ‘The Silver Spoon’, Fleur and Michael are again gracile, alluring, utterly foolish.

1992 A. Brookner Fraud (1993) xi. 131 He thought her body beautiful, fine and gracile.

Derivatives

ˈgracileness n. [compare earlier gracility n.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [noun]

fineness?1537

slendernessa1538

finesse1551

tenuity1578

gracility1623

gracileness1727

exility1750

attenuity1830

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Gracileness, slenderness, leanness.

1875 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. July 70 Consanguinity in breeding animals is found to be advantageous in the development of new qualities, as..gracileness and speed in Race-horses.

2003 Hesperia 72 212 Skull fragments found at the south side of the grave most likely belong to an adult female, based on the small size and gracileness of the skeletal material.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gracile
释义	gracileadj. Brit. /ˈɡrasɪl/, /ˈɡrasʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈɡræsəl/, /ˈɡræˌsaɪl/ Forms: 1500s gracil, 1600s gracill, 1600s– gracile. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French gracil; Latin gracilis. Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French gracil, gracile slender, thin (1515; apparently unattested in 17th and 18th centuries), or its etymon (ii) classical Latin gracilis slender, thin, (of literary style) simple, plain, apparently < the same base as cracēns slender (with dissimilation of velars), of uncertain origin, perhaps < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit kṛśa lean, Old Icelandic horr leanness. Compare Spanish grácil (second half of the 15th cent.), Portuguese grácil (1548 as †gracil).In sense 2 apparently influenced semantically by association with grace n. 1. Slender, thin, lean. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adjective] subtlea1382 subtilea1393 subtilec1392 smiltc1400 fine?a1425 thina1425 exile?1440 slender1444 tenuious1495 jimp?a1513 lenye1513 fine-spuna1555 nice1567 spindled1584 gracile1590 snever1640 tenuous1656 slim1657 gracilious1688 gracilent1727 twittery1819 flitterya1834 attenuate1848 spiry1849 low-profile1906 matchlike1906 slimline1949 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 39 A gracil and thin diet. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Mmm Its tail, like that of other Serpents, grows more gracile by degrees. 1799 I. D'Israeli Romances 234 Half their impatient bosom peered above their vest, and their naked knee, and their gracile legs, glided with easy grace. 1818 J. Brown Psyche 30 Words daily grow more short and gracile. 1859 T. De Quincey Cæsars (rev. ed.) in Wks. X. 47 In person, he was tall, fair, gracile. 1905 Daily Chron. 24 Oct. 4/7 All the gracile women and all the lean men should be made plump. 1934 E. Huber Evol. Facial Musculature iv. 104 There were noticed also more ‘gracile types’, with..greater differentiation of the musculature of the mid-face region. 2000 E. D. Whitaker Measuring Mamma's Milk ix. 285 Gracile women were considered to have a defective anatomy ill-favored for maternity. 2. spec. Gracefully slender. ΚΠ 1817 European Mag. & London Rev. Jan. 43/2 They [sc. women] are..formed in ‘the very poetry of nature’ soft, light, gracile, and retiring. 1871 D. G. Rossetti Love's Nocturn in Poems xi Where in groves the gracile Spring Trembles. 1888 Harper's Mag. Apr. 733/2 Girls..beautiful with the beauty of ruddy bronze,—gracile as the palmettoes that sway above them. 1929 Rotarian Mar. 56/3 In ‘The Silver Spoon’, Fleur and Michael are again gracile, alluring, utterly foolish. 1992 A. Brookner Fraud (1993) xi. 131 He thought her body beautiful, fine and gracile. Derivatives ˈgracileness n. [compare earlier gracility n.] ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [noun] fineness?1537 slendernessa1538 finesse1551 tenuity1578 gracility1623 gracileness1727 exility1750 attenuity1830 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Gracileness, slenderness, leanness. 1875 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. July 70 Consanguinity in breeding animals is found to be advantageous in the development of new qualities, as..gracileness and speed in Race-horses. 2003 Hesperia 72 212 Skull fragments found at the south side of the grave most likely belong to an adult female, based on the small size and gracileness of the skeletal material. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1590
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