edile
/ (ˈiːdaɪl) /
noun
a variant spelling of aedile
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a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
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Example sentences from the Web for edile
From the edile could be obtained the Licentia stupri, the right to the antique livery of shame.
Neither priest nor edile would they encounter until their return to the same church-tower.
Agrippa, in that year when he was edile, put the last hand to the magnificence of these works.
The Book of Curiosities|I. PlattsHe soon after held the important offices of tribune, quæstor, and edile.
Elements of Military Art and Science|Henry Wager Halleck