(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:44:04

Ten"u*ous (?), a. [L. tenuis thin. See Thin, and cf. Tenuis.]

1.

Thin; slender; small; minute.

2.

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

<-- 3. Fig. Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument. -->

 

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