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audile

[ aw-dil, -dahyl ]
/ ˈɔ dɪl, -daɪl /
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noun Psychology.
a person in whose mind auditory images, rather than visual or motor images, are predominant or unusually distinct.
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Origin of audile

First recorded in 1885–90; aud(itory) + -ile

Words nearby audile

audible, Audie, audience, audience room, audience share, audile, auding, audio, audio book, audiocassette, audio conference
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Words related to audile

audible, aural, audio, hearing, auditive, auditory, phonic, acoustic, auricular, otic, sound

How to use audile in a sentence

  • So that the "mixed type" is the only real type, the extreme visualist or audile, etc., being exceptional and not typical.

    Psychology|Robert S. Woodworth

  • The audile phenomena were so frequent and so various, that a conspectus of them is given in an appendix.

    The Alleged Haunting of B---- House|Various

British Dictionary definitions for audile

audile
/ (ˈɔːdɪl, ˈɔːdaɪl) psychol /
noun
a person who possesses a faculty for auditory imagery that is more distinct than his visual or other imagery
adjective
of or relating to such a person

Word Origin for audile

C19: from aud (itory) + -ile
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