audile en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɔːdaɪl/
Etymology
Irregular formation from Latin audire + -ilis. By surface analysis, audio + -ile.
Meanings
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Pertaining to hearing.
1973: I listened carefully to my audile memory, recalling the exact noise of the shot. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 93)
At Indiana University, we were encouraged to read Latin, Greek, German, you know all those things, aloud. That's one of the things I liked about studying languages, that I could actually read them aloud, hear them, experience them on an audile level.
1976 December 25, Rudy Kikel, quoting Stephanie Byrd, “A Theory of Erotic Devices or The Lady and the Beast”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 18:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most audile | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more audile | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |