subtility
/səˈtɪlɪti/ /sʌbˈtɪlɪti/Now somewhat archaic in most senses. Chiefly superseded by subtlety
noun
1Cunning, craftiness; = subtlety.
- Now chiefly in reference to the devil..
2Skill; ingenuity; = subtlety.
3Refinement in argument or speculation; (excessive) use of fine distinctions.
4An instance of this; a fine point; a nicety; = subtlety. Usually in plural.
5Thinness, tenuity, penetrativeness; = subtlety. Now historical.
6Delicacy, fineness.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Gower (d. 1408), poet. Probably partly (i) from Anglo-Norman and Middle French subtilité, Middle French subtillité, variants of Anglo-Norman sotilité, sutilité, sutilitie, Old French soutillité, sutillité, Old French, Middle French soutilité subtlety;.
- stucco
- stuck
- stuck record
- stuck-up
- stud
- stud book
- studded
- studding
- studdingsail
- stude
- student
- student-at-law
- student card
- student-centered
- student-centred
- student council
- student demonstration
- student demonstrator
- studentdom
- student driver
- student duel
- studentess
- student exchange
- student-friendly
- student ghetto