- Gracility
- Gracility Gra*cil"i*ty, n. [L. gracilitas; cf. F. gracilit['e].] State of being gracilent; slenderness. --Milman. ``Youthful gracility.'' --W. D. Howells. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Gracility
Look at other dictionaries:
gracility — noun see gracile … New Collegiate Dictionary
gracility — See gracile. * * * … Universalium
gracility — [grə sɪlɪti] noun archaic the state of being gracefully slender … English new terms dictionary
gracility — gra·cil·i·ty … English syllables
gracility — n. 1 slenderness. 2 (of literary style) unornamented simplicity … Useful english dictionary
gracile — gracility /gra sil i tee, greuh /, gracileness, n. /gras il/, adj. 1. gracefully slender. 2. slender; thin. [1615 25; < L gracilis slender, slight, thin] * * * … Universalium
gracile — adjective Etymology: Latin gracilis Date: 1623 1. slender, slight 2. graceful 3. of, relating to, resembling, or being a relatively small slender australopithecine (genus Australopithecus) characterized especially by molars and incisors of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
airiness — Synonyms and related words: Prospero, airy nothing, airy texture, appearance, ascent, attenuation, bodilessness, bounce, breeziness, bubbliness, buoyancy, carefreeness, chirpiness, daintiness, debonairness, delicacy, delusiveness, diaphanousness … Moby Thesaurus
chastity — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, Encratism, Friday, Lenten fare, Pythagoreanism, Pythagorism, Rechabitism, Shakerism, Spartan fare, Stoicism, absoluteness, abstainment, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, appropriateness, asceticism,… … Moby Thesaurus
clarity — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, accuracy, admission of light, appropriateness, articulateness, articulation, atmospheric visibility, care, ceiling, ceiling unlimited, chasteness, chastity, classicalism, classicism, clear coast, clear road,… … Moby Thesaurus
