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English
Etymology
From super- + subtle.
Pronunciation
Adjective
supersubtle (comparative more supersubtle, superlative most supersubtle)
- Very tenuous or rarefied.
1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, London: Macmillan and Co.:She was introduced to Madame Grandoni, and tea was immediately served; Hyacinth being gratefully conscious the while of the supersubtle way in which Lady Aurora forebore to appear bewildered at meeting him in such society.