feebleness, tenuity
(noun) the quality of lacking intensity or substance; “a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice”- Nathaniel Hawthorne
rarity, tenuity, low density
(noun) a rarified quality; “the tenuity of the upper atmosphere”
thinness, tenuity, slenderness
(noun) relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; “the tenuity of a hair”; “the thinness of a rope”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tenuity (usually uncountable, plural tenuities)
Thinness, slenderness.
Meagreness, paucity.
Source: Wiktionary
Te*nu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. ténuité. See Tenuous.]
1. 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.
2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. Bacon.
3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike.
4. Refinement; delicacy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
