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Webster 1913 Edition

Tenuous

Ten′u-ous

,

Adj.

[L.

tenuis

thin. See

, and cf.

.]

1.

Thin; slender; small; minute.

2.

Rare; subtile; not dense; – said of fluids.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tenuous

TEN'UOUS

,

Adj.

[L. tenuis.] Thin; small; minute.

1.

Rare.