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‖ tendresse Obs. exc. as Fr.
[F. tendresse (tɑ̃drɛs), 14th c. in Godef., f. tendre, tender a.]
= tenderness.
1390Gower Conf. I. 195 For Moderhed and for tendresse. 1399Rolls of Parlt. III. 451/2 To have rewarde to tendresse of her age. a1766F. Sheridan Sidney Bidulph IV. 64 But have not you at the same time a small tendresse for her fortune? 1850W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) IV. 76 The fair Truffi, for whom I still cherish a certain degree of tendresse. 1885Athenæum 17 Oct. 503/2 The..sister who conceals her tendresse for the hero in maidenly fashion. |