Definition of insectile in English:
insectile
adjective ɪnˈsɛktʌɪlinˈsektl
Resembling or reminiscent of an insect or insects.
Example sentencesExamples
- Is it an occasion of worship for some insectile race, or a missionary visitant from somewhere far off in the cosmos?
- He portrays the automobile as a foreign body with vital juices, an insectile shell that can surround and invade the human body - a carapace.
- But the swarm of insectile buzzing quickly cohered and built to a climax until it, too, was gone forever - without fadeout or explanation.
- Impro-Micro-Acoustique begins in what initially sounds like fairly traditional free improv territory: the air is thin with insectile scratches, creaks and the occasional, markedly electronic sound.
- By the end of the track, only the higher frequencies remain, creating a delicate ringing like the insectile hum of rubbing a finger around the inside of a wet glass.