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Webster 1913 Edition


Tenuious

Te-nu′i-ous

,
Adj.
[See
Tenuous
.]
Rare or subtile; tenuous; – opposed to dense.
[Obs.]
Glanvill.

Definition 2024


tenuious

tenuious

English

Adjective

tenuious (comparative more tenuious, superlative most tenuious)

  1. (obsolete) rare or subtle; tenuous
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    • Sir Thomas Browne
      A tenuious emanation or continued effluvium, which after some distance retracteth into itself; as is observable in drops of syrups, oil, and seminal viscosities []