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Irregularly formed from Latin tenuis (“thin, slight”) + -ous. Compare tenuious.
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tenuous
tenu·ousToday it means: Thin in substance or consistency. Full definition →
Today it means: Thin in substance or consistency. Full definition →
Irregularly formed from Latin tenuis (“thin, slight”) + -ous. Compare tenuious.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.