Verbile

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person whose mental imagery consists of words. uncommon
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to words.

    "It would be an interesting inquiry, how far the philosophers have left in their writings traces of their mental habits, as visile, motile, etc., or only verbile, mistaking the custom of language for insight."

Example

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"It would be an interesting inquiry, how far the philosophers have left in their writings traces of their mental habits, as visile, motile, etc., or only verbile, mistaking the custom of language for insight."

Etymology

Irregular formation from Latin verbum + -ile.

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