tenuite - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

tenuitẹ̄ n.

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Entry Info

Forms	tenuitẹ̄ n.
Etymology	OF tenuité (FEW 13.231a); also cp. L tenuitās.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

Thinness.

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?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)26b/a : It semeþ þat þay [carbuncles] more declyne to tenuite, i. þynnez, & frigidacioun, & humectacioun.
?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)68b/a : With fyngerez & probez, i. serchours, is perceyued tenuite, i. þynnez, in þe skyn and separacioun fro þe bone.