Crossword clues for gracile
gracile
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gracile \Grac"ile\, Gracillent \Grac"il*lent\a. [L. gracilis,
gracilentus.]
Slender; thin. [Obs.]
--Bailey.
Syn: willowy.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from Latin gracilis "slender, thin, fine; plain, simple." Not etymologically connected to grace but often regarded as if it is. Perhaps a dissimilated form related to Latin cracens "slender;" if so, perhaps cognate with Sanskrit krsah "thin, weak," Avestan keresa- "lean, meager," Lithuanian karštu "to be very old, to age."
Wiktionary
a. 1 slender; thin; lean. 2 graceful or gracefully slender.
WordNet
adj. slender and graceful [syn: willowy]
Wikipedia
- " GRACILE syndrome", associated with a BCS1L mutation
- Gracility, the condition of being gracile.
Gracile is the specific name or specific epithet for various species or genera/subgenera (antonym "robust"):
- Gracile australopithecus
- Gracile Tateril, or Slender Gerbil (Taterillus gracilis)
- Gracile lizardfish, Saurida gracilis
Usage examples of "gracile".
When Gracile opened it he found a sheet of paper wrapped around the box within.
William Harrison Gracile had joined the Royal Academy of the Arcane Arts and Sciences as Development Officer, he had insisted on an office overlooking the campus.
The three schools lay in a narrow band along the line, piled high over its power, and beyond them Gracile could see the tops of trees and the tiniest bit of roof of the low Alchemy building.
She was erect and slender in her old-fashioned green gown, such as enchanters wore when they were creatures of mystery, Gracile thought.
The man running the cloakroom had given him a few bills, just to be a part of whatever it was that Gracile wanted so much.
She closed her hand over the gem, and Gracile realized that she was more beautiful than Mrs.
The public Gracile was a bachelor, with a hint of mysterious heartbreak in his past.
In their gracile phase, Haluk are highly intelligent, perhaps even smarter than humans.
Most of the Haluk I encountered were in the gracile, fully active state: slender, wasp-waisted beings with slate-blue skin, dressed in natty uniforms, fatigue coveralls, lab smocks, or the kind of casual alien clothing I had seen in the underground establishment of Cravat.
As gracile Haluk turned into lepidoderms, intelligence declined and bodily functions slowly began to shut down.
Then the cocoon opened and a fully functional gracile emerged, memories and intelligence intact.
On Cravat the tanks had held what seemed to be hundreds of gracile Halukwith the single conspicuous exception of my sister!
Every other subject appeared to be a gracile Haluk, and alternating with them were humans.
As a reversible side effect, the human donor has acquired the superficial appearance of a gracile Halukas had happened to Eve, albeit incompletely.
When the home planet once again swung away from its ferocious sun, gracile Haluk awakened from estivation and emerged from their protective shells to carry on their interrupted lives.