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adjective
1.
thin or slender in form, as a thread.
2.
lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak: a tenuous argument.
3.
thin in consistency; rare or rarefied.
4.
of slight importance or significance; unsubstantial: He holds a rather tenuous position in history.
5.
lacking in clarity; vague: He gave a rather tenuous account of his past life.
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Tenuous
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| any award, honor, or laudatory notice; a light touch on the shoulder with the flat side of the sword, done in the ceremony of conferring knighthood |
| to damage or spoil to a certain extent; to disfigure, deface, or scar |
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tenuous
1597, irregularly formed from L. tenuis "thin," from PIE base *ten- "to stretch" (cf. Skt. tanuh "thin," lit. "stretched out;" see tenet) + -ous. The correct form with respect to the L. root would be tenuious. The sense of "having slight importance, not substantial" is found from c.1817.
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