utile1
/ˈjuːtʌɪl
/adjective rare
Advantageous: I deplored the killing of them for merely utile purposes...
- And the wedge that this issue continues to drive between Palmer and his wife is also dramatically utile.
- A third reason for the Calvinist neglect of art is the doctrine of vocation: ‘Parents should urge their children to choose vocations that would be useful to their neighbors… ‘Arts were not so utile.’
- Women, in truth, are not only intelligent; they have almost a monopoly of certain of the subtler and more utile forms of intelligence.
Origin
Late 15th century: via Old French from Latin utilis, from uti 'to use'.
Rhymes
utile2
/ˈjuːtɪli/noun
A large tropical African hardwood tree with timber that is widely used as a substitute for mahogany.
- Entandrophragma utile, family Meliaceae.
Origin
1950s: modern Latin, specific epithet (see above).