Ăn'īle, a.

(Synop., § 130), a. [Lat. anilis, pertaining to an old woman, from anus, old woman.] Pertaining to, or resembling, an old woman; old womanish; imbecile. “Puerile or anile ideas.” Walpole. A childish or anile overacting of human testimony. Coleridge.