[lit-ideas] Sub-Tlety
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 20:48:30 EDT
Stan Spiegel writes:
>>Usually [Geary] [is] as subtle as a live firehose
>>or a punch in the nose. Neither your humor
>>nor your diatribes show subtlety.
Geary comments:
>What [...] do you mean I'm not subtle? Maybe my
>not 'being subtle' is an ultra-subtle way of being
>subtle. Think about that.
I did. And wondered what's the 'sub-' of 'subtlety'.
The OED explains it -- it means 'under-textual'.
"subtle"
"a. F. subtil, subtile = Pr. sotil, It. sottile, Sp. sutil,
Pg. subtil:L. <NOBR>su, nom. lis, for <NOBR>su:
subtexlis app. finely woven, f. sub under
+ **<NO, la woven stuff, web
Strictly, the antonym then would be ...?
Cheers,
JL
------------------------------------------------------------------
To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,
digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
Other related posts:
