tenerity

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noun

tenderness

OriginLatin teneritas →
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Meanings

nountenerity (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountabletenderness

    The flexure of the uterus and the tenerity of the posterior wall readily accounted for the early mistake as to the intra - uterine character

    1880, “The Medical Advance”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Origin

  1. Latinteneritas
  2. Englishtenerity

From ten(d)er + -ity, from Latin teneritas. See tender.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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