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tenerity

tenerity noun: tenderness.

Noun

tenerity (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) tenderness
    • The flexure of the uterus and the tenerity of the posterior wall readily accounted for the early mistake as to the intra - uterine character1880, “The Medical Advance”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Origin of tenerity

From ten(d)er + -ity, from Latin teneritas. See tender.

Questions about tenerity

What does tenerity mean?
Tenerity means tenderness.
What part of speech is tenerity?
Tenerity is a noun.

Words near tenerity in the dictionary

  1. tenericute
  2. tenericutes
  3. Tenerife
  4. Tenerife giant lizard
  5. Teneriffe
  6. tenerity
  7. Teners
  8. Tenes
  9. Tenesaca
  10. Tenesacas
  11. tenesi

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