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 audile phenomena were so frequent and so various, that a conspectus of them is given in an appendix.
From The Alleged Haunting of B—— House by A. Goodrich-Freer
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 Robert S. Woodworth
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 Hereward Carrington
If the communicator is naturally a good visualizer this may help his visual communications, but impede the others; an audile might be better in some instances.
From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Hereward Carrington
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