Tilde n. The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words (thus, ñ), indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.
... Karlsthor and the Sparkasse, you are in the Neuhauserstrasse, whatever the name on the street sign, and if you move westward toward the Karlsthor you will come inevitably to the Pschorrbraeu, and within you will find Fraeulein Tilde (to whom my regards), who will laugh at your German with a fine show of pearly teeth and the extreme vibration of her 195 pounds. Tilde, in these godless states, would be called fat. But observe her ... — Europe After 8:15 • H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington Wright
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