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
The reason why more audile phenomena are perceived at night is that the percipient is tolerably still.
From Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men by Harris, John William
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.
A visual might see apparitions more easily, and have more difficulty in automatic writing; and an audile might easily hear voices and write with more difficulty, etc....
From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Carrington, Hereward
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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