Etymology

tentiginous

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Today it means: stiff; stretched; strained Full definition →

Latin tentigo
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  1. Latin · derived fromtentigo
  2. English todaytentiginous

From Latin tentigo, tentiginis (“a tension, lecherousness”), from tendere, tentum (“to stretch”).

Words from the same roots

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