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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tenuity \Te*nu"i*ty\, n. [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F.
t['e]nuit['e]. See {Tenuous}.]
1. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied
to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything
that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a
hair.
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2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity
of the air; the tenuity of the blood. --Bacon.
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3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] --Eikon Basilike.
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4. Refinement; delicacy.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tenuity
n 1: relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to
its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness
of a rope" [syn: {thinness}, {tenuity}, {slenderness}]
[ant: {thickness}]
2: a rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere"
[syn: {rarity}, {tenuity}, {low density}]
3: the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet
sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn:
{feebleness}, {tenuity}]
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