'Tenuous' definitions:

Definition of 'tenuous'

From: WordNet
adjective
Having thin consistency; "a tenuous fluid"
adjective
Very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"
adjective
Lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" [syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin]

Definition of 'Tenuous'

From: GCIDE
  • Tenuous \Ten"u*ous\, a. [L. tenuis thin. See Thin, and cf. Tenuis.]
  • 1. Thin; slender; small; minute. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

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