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oversubtile

oversubtile is the obsolete form of oversubtle.

Meaning of oversubtle

Adjective

oversubtle (comparative more oversubtle, superlative most oversubtle)

  1. Excessively subtle.

Forms of oversubtile

comparativemore oversubtile
superlativemost oversubtile

Origin of oversubtile

From over- + subtile.

Questions about oversubtile

What is oversubtile the obsolete form of?
Oversubtile is the obsolete form of oversubtle.

Words near oversubtile in the dictionary

  1. oversubsidize
  2. oversubsidized
  3. oversubsidizes
  4. oversubsidizing
  5. oversubstitution
  6. oversubtile
  7. oversubtle
  8. oversubtleties
  9. oversubtlety
  10. oversubtly
  11. oversuck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oversubtile (page history and authors); oversubtle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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