Definition of "subtil"
subtil
adjective
comparative more subtil, superlative most subtil
Obsolete form of subtle; sly, artful, cunning
Quotations
For wisedome which is the worker of all things, taught mee: for in her is an vnderstanding spirit holy, one onely, manifold, subtile, liuely, cleare, vndefiled, plaine, not subiect to hurt, louing the thing that is good, quicke, which cānot be letted, ready to do good: Kinde to man, stedfast, sure, free from care, hauing all power, ouerseeing all things, and going through all vnderstanding, pure, and most subtile spirits.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Wisdom of Solomon 7:22–23