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AUDILE
auditory, audile, auditive
(adjective) of or relating to the process of hearing; “auditory processing”; “an audile person”
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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