WOTD: Utile
Phonetic Spelling: YOO-til
Part(s) of Speech: adjective
Meaning(s): Useful
Example:
They have been accredited variously to the respective signs of the Zodiac, but to the end that resultant opinions have failed to be utile value. — John Hazelrigg, Astrosophic Principles And Astrosophic Tractates
It was located in an industrial warehouse but he had tricked it out smartly. It was altogether utile but not precisely cozy. — Eve Howard, Shadow Lane Volume 8
Origin:
Utile comes directly from the French word of the same spelling which also means “useful.” It entered English in the late 1400s.