tendresse
/tɒ̃ˈdrɛs
/(also tendre /ˈtɒ̃dr(ə)/)
noun [in singular]
A feeling of fondness or love: the local grande dame for whom George had a tendresse...
- She has a tendresse for a handsome but lowly young blacksmith.
- It is these old men in their restrained conviviality for whom she has a particular tendresse.
- She has always had a certain tendresse for Carlo.
Origin
French.
Rhymes
- precondition
- precondylar
- pre-Confederation
- preconfigure
- preconform
- preconformity
- preconise
- preconization
- preconize
- pre-connubial
- preconquer
- pre-Conqueror
- pre-Conquest
- pre-conquestal
- preconscious
- preconsciousness
- preconsider
- preconsideration
- preconsign
- pre-Constantinian
- preconsult
- preconsultation
- pre-consumer
- pre-contact
- precontain