audile
Americannoun
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of audile
First recorded in 1885–90; aud(itory) + -ile
Vocabulary lists containing audile
Example Sentences
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As a sonata is composed of a series of audile sensations called chords, a painting is composed of a series of visual sensations.
From Time Magazine Archive
An audile is one in whom the sense of hearing is predominant.
From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Carrington, Hereward
Suppose the psychic is a visual and the communicator an audile, might not that difference make a marked difficulty in the adjustment necessary for communicating clearly?...
From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Carrington, Hereward
So that the "mixed type" is the only real type, the extreme visualist or audile, etc., being exceptional and not typical.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
Is appeal made to more than one sense, i.e., audile, visual, tactile, muscular?
From A Guide to Methods and Observation in History Studies in High School Observation by Davis, Calvin Olin
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