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tenuious

/tɪˈnjuː.i.əs/

tenuious adjective: rare or subtle; tenuous.

Adjective

tenuious (comparative more tenuious, superlative most tenuious)

  1. (archaic) Rare or subtle; tenuous.
    • more tenuious Substance , as was above observed , than that very igneous Substance mentioned in the third Proposition1681, Joseph Glanvill, Sadducismus Triumphatus
    • A tenuious emanation or continued effluvium, which after some distance retracteth into itself; as is observable in drops of syrups, oil, and seminal viscosities[…]1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of tenuious

comparativemore tenuious
superlativemost tenuious

Origin of tenuious

From Latin tenuis (“thin, slight”) + -ous.

Questions about tenuious

What does tenuious mean?
Tenuious means rare or subtle; tenuous.
What part of speech is tenuious?
Tenuious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tenuious?
Tenuious is pronounced /tɪˈnjuː.i.əs/.

Words near tenuious in the dictionary

  1. tenuifolins
  2. tenuifolioside
  3. tenuifolious
  4. tenuigenin
  5. tenuinucellate
  6. tenuious
  7. tenuipalpid
  8. tenuipalpids
  9. tenuirostral
  10. tenuis
  11. tenuispinoside

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