Slender and elegant in form; thin and delicate.
From Latin 'gracilis' (slender, thin), which came from an Indo-European root meaning to make thin or narrow. Borrowed into English in the 17th century for anatomical and botanical descriptions.
In anatomy, 'gracile' describes the gracilis muscle in your thigh—it's the longest and thinnest muscle in your body, the only one that crosses both hip and knee joints!
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