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Tentiginous

Tentiginous \Ten*tig"i*nous\, a. [L. tentigo, -inis, a tension, lecherousness, fr. tendere, tentum, to stretch.]

  1. Stiff; stretched; strained. [Obs.]
    --Johnson.

  2. Lustful, or pertaining to lust. [Obs.]
    --B. Jonson.

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tentiginous

a. 1 (context obsolete English) stiff; stretched; strained 2 (context obsolete English) lustful