sotil

• subtile, subtyl, sutile, subtil, sotell, sutille, subtille, sutyll, sutil, sotell, suptyl, sutill

Borrowed from Old French sotil, soutil, subtil, from Latin subtīlis.

• IPA^(key): /sɔˈtil/, /ˈsɔtəl/, /ˈsɔːtəl/, /suˈtil/, /ˈsutəl/, /ˈsuptil/

sotil (comparative sotiler, superlative sotilest)

1. Using brainpower; smart or wise:
   1. Discerning, perceptive, effective, intelligent.
   2. Wily, tricky, creative; using sleight-of-hand successfully.
   3. Deceptive, misleading; causing insidiousness or treachery.
2. Low in a measurement; small or mean:
   1. Light; of low density or chopped into small bits.
   2. Little, diminutive; having a low size.
   3. Low in width or breadth; slender or skinny.
   4. Lacking coarseness; made with refinement.
   5. (foods) Bland; having little taste or flavour.
   6. (rare) Quiet, hard to hear or detect.
3. Displaying refinement; well-mannered, exquisite, or cultured.
4. Made well or enjoyably; artisanal or delightful.
5. Having a high viscosity; fluidic or runny.
6. Airy, gaseous; lacking impurities or defects.
7. (rare) Challenging, unexplainable; causing difficulty.
8. (rare) Convoluted; not simple or basic.

• sotilen
• sotilly
• sotillynge
• sotilnes
• sotilte

• English: subtle
• Scots: suttle

• “sotil (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-16.

sotil (uncountable)

1. A substance or part of one that is light and not dense.
2. (rare) Sophistication; the state of being complicated.

• “sotil (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-16.

sotil (plural sotiles)

1. Obsolete spelling of sutil