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Meaning of tentiginous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
ˈtɛntɪd͡ʒɪnəs

Definitions

  1. stiff; stretched; strained
    obsolete
  2. lustful
    obsolete

Examples

“I think, it is agreed among physicians, that nothing affects the head so much, as a tentiginous humour, repelled and elated to the upper region, found by daily practice to run frequently up into madness.”
“Were you tentiginous? Ha? And again. Would you be acting of the incubus? Did her silks' rustling move you?”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

tentillar tentless tentlike tentorial tenuazonic tenuifolious

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