Tenuity
Pronunciation : Te*nu"i*ty
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. t?nuit?. See Tenuous.]
Definition : 1. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.
2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. Bacon.
3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike.
4. Refinement; delicacy.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913