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Webster 1913 Edition


Tentiginous

Ten-tig′i-nous

,
Adj.
[L.
tentigo
,
-inis
, a tension, lecherousness, fr.
tendere
,
tentum
, to stretch.]
1.
Stiff; stretched; strained.
[Obs.]
Johnson.
2.
Lustful, or pertaining to lust.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tentiginous

TENTIG'INOUS

,
Adj.
[L. tentigo, a stretching.]
Stiff; stretched. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


tentiginous

tentiginous

English

Adjective

tentiginous (comparative more tentiginous, superlative most tentiginous)

  1. (obsolete) stiff; stretched; strained
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  2. (obsolete) lustful
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