AUDILE

auditory, audile, auditive

(adjective) of or relating to the process of hearing; ā€œauditory processingā€; ā€œan audile personā€

audile

(noun) one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Irregular formation from Latin audire + -ile.

Noun

audile (plural audiles)

A person whose mental imagery consists of sounds.

Adjective

audile (comparative more audile, superlative most audile)

Pertaining to hearing.

Anagrams

• dualie

Source: Wiktionary


Au"dile, n. [L. audire to hear.] (Psychol.)

Definition: One whose thoughts take the form of mental sounds or of internal discourse rather than of visual or motor images.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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