lentor

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noun

Viscosity, thickness (chiefly of blood).

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Meanings

nounlentor (usually uncountable, plural lentors)

plural lentors · alternative lentour

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallymedicineViscosity, thickness (chiefly of blood).

    There is a lentor or smoothness in the blood of healthy strong people […]

    1744, George Berkeley, Siris
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    I find there was no wrong Presentation, only a Lentor in the pains perhaps […].

    1797 September 1, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana
  2. uncountableusuallySlowness, sluggishness.

    [S]he walked through dilating space with the lentor of one walking under water […].

    1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

lentor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lentor

MLA

“lentor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lentor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lentor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lentor.

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