Meanings
nounanti'l (uncountable)
- uncountableNavajo cultureSynonym of corpse powder.
[…] He remembered it now because he was thinking of all the words you need in Navajo to account for the many forms of witchcraft. The word Old Woman Tso had used was "anti'l," which is the ultimate sort, the absolute worst.
2005, Tony Hillerman, Rosemary Herbert, Sue Grafton, Jeffery Deaver, A New Omnibus of Crime, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 232Synonyms: corpse powder
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of corpse powder.
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Origin
- Navajoáńt'į́
- Englishanti'l
Borrowed from Navajo áńt'į́.
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anti'l. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti'l
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“anti'l.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti'l. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti'l,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti'l.
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