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tenerity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tener-i-ty
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

tenderness

Obsolete; Uncountable

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Etymology

From ten(d)er + -ity, from Latin teneritas. See tender.

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Questions

What does tenerity mean?
tenderness
Where does tenerity come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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