• (Received Pronunciation,General American)IPA^(key):/staɪl/

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• Rhymes:-aɪl
• Homophones:style,Styal

FromMiddle Englishstile,style,stiȝele, fromOld Englishstiġel(“stile, set of steps for getting over a fence”), fromProto-West Germanic*stigilu, fromProto-Germanic*stigilō(“entry, entrance, overpass, device for climbing, stile”), equivalent tosty(“to ascend, climb”) +‎-le. Cognate withDutchstegel(“stirrup”),Low GermanStegel(“stile”),GermanStiegel(“stile”).

stile (pluralstiles)

1. A set of one or morestepssurmounting afence orwall, or anarrowgate orcontrivedpassage through a fence or wall, which in either case allowspeople but notlivestock topass.
   • [1898],J[ohn] Meade Falkner,Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.:Jonathan Cape, published1934,→OCLC:

     'Twas very true what Greening said; for of a summer evening I would take the path that led up Weatherbeech Hill, behind the Manor; both because 'twas a walk that had a good prospect in itself, and also a sweet charm for me, namely, the hope of seeing Grace Maskew. And there I often sat upon thestile that ends the path and opens on the down, and watched the old half-ruined house below; and sometimes saw white-frocked Gracie walking on the terrace in the evening sun, and sometimes in returning passed her window near enough to wave a greeting.

2. Averticalcomponent of aframe orpanel, such as that of adoor,window, orladder.

   Synonyms:rail,stringer

• style

• (vertical component of a panel or frame):leaf

• stair
• sty

• kissing gate

See the etymology atstyle.

stile (pluralstiles)

1. Obsolete form ofstyle.
   • 1678,John Bunyan, “The Author’s Apology for His Book”, inThe Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London:[…] Nath[aniel] Ponder […],→OCLC:

     May I not write in such aſtile as this? / In ſuch a method too, and yet not miſs / Mine end, thy good? why may it not be done?

   • 1683,Joseph Moxon, “§ 25. The Office of the Warehouse-keeper.[(As an Appendix.) Ancient Customs Used in a Printing-house.]”, inMechanick Exercises: Or, The Doctrine of Handy-books. Applied to the Art of Printing, volume II, London: Printed for Joseph Moxon […],→OCLC, number XXII,page356:

     EveryPrinting-houſe is by the Cuſtom of Time out of mind, called aChappel; and all the Workmen that belong to it areMembers of the Chappel: and the Oldeſt Freeman is theFather of the Chappel. I ſuppoſe theſtile was originally conferred upon it by the courteſie of ſome great Churchman, or men, (doubtleſs when Chappels were in more veneration than of late years they have been here inEngland) who for the Books of Divinity that proceeded from aPrinting-houſe, gave it the Reverend Title ofChappel.

   • 1697,Joseph Moxon, “Operat[ioni] II. To Describe a Dyal upon a Horizontal Plane.”, inMechanick Dyalling: Teaching any Man, though of an Ordinary Capacity and Unlearned in Mathematicks, to Draw a True Sun-dial on any Given Plane, […], 3rd edition, London: Printed for James Moxon, […],→OCLC,page17:

     Laſt of all fit a Triangular Iron, whoſe angular point being laid to the Center of theDyal Plane, one ſide muſt agree with theSubſtilar Line, and its other ſide with theStilar Line; ſo is theStile made. And thisStile you muſt erect perpendicularly over theSubſtilar Line on theDyal Plane, and there fix it. Then is yourDyal finiſhed.

stile (third-person singular simple presentstiles,present participlestiling,simple past and past participlestiled)

1. Obsolete form ofstyle.
   • c.1620s,Elizabeth Cary [misattributed toHenry Cary],The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II.[…], London: A.G. and F. P., published1680, page56:

     They are graciously and lovingly received, the Mayor hath thanks for his late bloody Act, which wasstiled and excellent piece of Justice

   • 1749,Henry Fielding, “Jones Arrives at Gloucester, and Goes to the Bell; the Character of that House, and of a Petty-fogger, which He there Meets with”, inThe History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London:A[ndrew] Millar, […],→OCLC, book VIII,page200:

     This Fellow, I ſay,ſtiled himſelf a Lawyer, but was indeed a moſt vile Petty-fogger, without Senſe or Knowledge of any Kind; one of thoſe who may be termed Train-bearers to the Law; [...]

   • 1811,[Jane Austen], chapter X, inSense and Sensibility […], volume I, London:[…] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published byT[homas] Egerton, […],→OCLC,page106:

     Marianne's preserver, as Margaret, with more elegance than precision,stiled Willoughby, called at the cottage early the next morning to make his personal inquiries.

•  stile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IELTS,Leist,Steil,e-list,islet,istle,liest,lites,slite,teils,tiles

Borrowed fromFrenchstyle, itself borrowed fromLatinstilus.Doublet ofstelo andstilo, which Italian inherited and borrowed from Latin respectively.

• IPA^(key):/ˈsti.le/
• Rhymes:-ile
• Hyphenation:stì‧le

stile m (pluralstili)

1. style
2. class

• stile di vita
• stile libero
• stilistico

• stile in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• lesti,liste,steli

stile

1. vocativesingular ofstilus

• IPA^(key):/ˈstʲilɛ/,[ˈstʲilə]

stile

1. nominative/accusativeplural ofstil

Inherited fromOld Englishstiġel, fromProto-West Germanic*stigilu.

• steyl,steyle,stiȝele,style

• IPA^(key):/ˈstiːl(ə)/,/ˈstɛi̯l(ə)/

stile (pluralstyles)

1. stile(set of stairs over a bank or wall)
2. Arung orbar of aladder.

• English:stile
• Scots:style

• “stīle,n.(1).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved2018-06-08.

Borrowed fromMedieval Latinstylus andOld Frenchestile,style, fromLatinstilus.

• stiel,styell,style

• IPA^(key):/ˈstiːl(ə)/,/ˈstil(ə)/

stile (pluralstilez)

2. Astylus,pen, orquill.
3. A writtenessay ormonograph.
4. Thetopic ortheme of such an essay.
5. style(the personal way something is written)
6. style(the way one acts or presents oneself)
7. style(the mode of reference towards someone with a title)
8. (rare) Thestem orstalk of aplant.

• English:style,stile(obsolete) (see there for further descendants)
• Scots:style

• “stīle,n.(2).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved2018-06-08.

• stille,style

stile m (pluralstiles)

1. style
   • 1595,Michel de Montaigne,Essais:

     Si est ce, que les vieils du Senat, memoratifs des moeurs de leurs peres, accuserent cette pratique comme ennemie de leurstile antien

     It is that the older members of the Senate, remembering the customs on their fathers, accused this practice of being the enemy of their ancient style

• French:style,stile(obsolete) (see there for further descendants)