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† teˈneritude Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. teneritūdo, f. tener tender.]
Tenderness, softness. So † teˈnerity Obs. [ad. L. teneritās], in same sense; † ˈtenerous a. Obs. [f. L. tener + -ous], tender.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. vi. 157 So wol their fatnesse and *teneritude With hem be stille.
1623Cockeram, *Teneritie, softnesse, tendernesse. 1642H. More Song of Soul ii. iii. iii. lviii, Faithfulnesse, heart-struck teneritie; These be the lovely playmates of pure veritie. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Tenerity, a Philosophical Word for Tenderness; as ‘The tenerity of Young Plants’.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 34/1 Engendring a *tenerouse fleshe, which by little and little, hardeneth. |