Subtility Definition

noun
1665, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year.
I cannot omit a subtility of one of those quack operators, with which he gulled the poor people to crowd about him, but did nothing for them without money.
Wiktionary

Excessive refinement of argument; casuistry.

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A convoluted or refined argument.

Wiktionary

Fineness; subtlety.

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Other Word Forms of Subtility

Noun

Singular:
subtility
Plural:
subtilities

Origin of Subtility

  • From Middle French subtilité, from Latin subtīlitas. See subtle.

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