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facile
- /ˈfæs.aɪl/ UK
- /ˈfæs.əl/ US
- [ˈfæs.ɫ̩] US
- /ˈfä.sʌɪl/ Scotland
Rhymes with -æsəl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French facile, from Latin facilis (“easy to do, easy, doable”), from Latin facere (“to do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put”) Compare Spanish and Portuguese fácil (“easy”), Catalan fàcil, Romanian facil. First use appears c. 1484 in a translation by William Caxton.
adjective more facile · most facile
- Easy; contemptibly easy. […] as he that is benummed with cold, sits still shaking, that might relieve himselfe with a little exercise or stirring, doe they complaine, but will not use the facile and ready meanes to doe themselves good; […]
- Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with. His facile disposition made him many friends.
- Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.). Her writing was facile and articulate.
- Lazy, simplistic, superficial (especially of explanations, discussions etc.). He arrived with a facile understanding of her works.
- Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily. Decarboxylation of beta-keto acids is facile.
