Definition of tenuity

• n. - The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.
• n. - Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood.
• n. - Poverty; indigence.
• n. - Refinement; delicacy.