Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TEN'DIN-OUS
TEN'DIN-OUS, a. [Fr. tendineux; It. tendinoso; from L. tendines, tendons, from tendo, to stretch.]
- Pertaining to a tendon; partaking of the nature of tendons.
- Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts. Wiseman.
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