Tenuious
//tɪˈnjuː.i.əs// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Rare or subtle; tenuous. archaic
"more tenuious Substance , as was above observed , than that very igneous Substance mentioned in the third Proposition"
Example
More examples"more tenuious Substance , as was above observed , than that very igneous Substance mentioned in the third Proposition"
Etymology
From Latin tenuis (“thin, slight”) + -ous.
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