Feb. 8th, 2013

gracile

Feb. 8th, 2013 07:30 am
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gracile (GRAS-il) - adj., gracefully slender.


Can be considered a uncommon synonym for graceful, but in anthropology and archaeology, the antonym is robust. Borrowed around 1620 from Latin gracilis, slender/thin, with a sense influenced by the originally unrelated grace (which stems from Latin grātia, kindness/esteem).

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