SUB'TILTY, noun [Latin subtilitas.]
1. Thinness; fineness; exility; in a physical sense; as the subtilty of air or light; the subtilty of sounds.
2. Refinement; extreme acuteness.
Intelligible discourses are spoiled by too much subtilty in nice divisions.
3. Slyness in design; cunning; artifice; usually but less properly written subtlety.
First occurrence in the Bible(KJV): Genesis 27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
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