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lentour

lentour is the obsolete form of lentor.

Meaning of lentor

Noun

lentor (usually uncountable, plural lentors)

  1. (obsolete, usually) Viscosity, thickness (chiefly of blood).
    • I find there was no wrong Presentation, only a Lentor in the pains perhaps […].1797 September 1, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana
  2. (usually) Slowness, sluggishness.
    • [S]he walked through dilating space with the lentor of one walking under water […].1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

Questions about lentour

What is lentour the obsolete form of?
Lentour is the obsolete form of lentor.

Words near lentour in the dictionary

  1. Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby
  2. Lentons
  3. lentor
  4. lentors
  5. lentos
  6. lentour
  7. lentous
  8. Lentran
  9. Lents
  10. Lentsch
  11. Lentsches

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