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tender-conscienced, a.|ˈtɛndəˈkɒnʃənst|
[Parasynthetic f. tender conscience (tender a. 11) + -ed2.]
Having a tender conscience; scrupulous.
a1617Hieron Wks. II. 446 As if you were so tender conscienced that you would not keepe ought from him that were his. 1710Let. to New Member Parlt. in Harl. Misc. (1810) XI. 156 Those tender-conscienced people, our moderate dissenters. 1880Swinburne Stud. Shaks. 169 The high-hearted and tender-conscienced Hamlet. |