What does tentiginous mean?
Tentiginous means (obsolete) stiff; stretched; strained.
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/ˈtɛntɪd͡ʒɪnəs/ · adjective
(obsolete) stiff; stretched; strained.
I think, it is agreed among physicians, that nothing affects the head so much, as a tentiginous humour, repelled and elated to the upper region, found by daily practice to run frequently up into madness.
Were you tentiginous? Ha? And again. Would you be acting of the incubus? Did her silks' rustling move you?
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Tentiginous means (obsolete) stiff; stretched; strained.
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I think, it is agreed among physicians, that nothing affects the head so much, as a tentiginous humour, repelled and elated to the upper region, found by daily practice to run frequently up into madness.
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