tenuity
noun
te·nu·i·ty te-ˈnü-ə-tē 
tə-,
-ˈnyü-
1
: lack of substance or strength
2
: lack of thickness : slenderness, thinness
the tenuity of poplars
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton3
: lack of density : rarefied quality or state
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web It’s the tenuity of manhood that drives men to seek ways to prove their masculine bona fides. Parker Molloy, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2022
Parker Molloy, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2022 Word History
Etymology
Middle English tenuite "thinness," borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French tenuité, borrowed from Latin tenuitāt-, tenuitās, from tenuis "thin, narrow, slight" + -itāt-, -itās -ity — more at thin entry 1
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- polypites
- Polyplacophora
- polyplacophorae
- polyplacophoran
- polyplacophoras
- polyplacophore
- polyplacophores
- polyplacophorous
- Polyplectron
- polyploid
- polyploid complex
- sinamay
- sinamays
- sinanthropus
- sinanthropuses
- sinapate
- sinapes
- sinapic acid
- sinapine
- sinapis
- sinapises
- sinapisms
- sinapisses
- sinarchism
- sinarchist