attenuity
(ætəˈnjuːɪtɪ)
[f. attenuate after tenuity.]
= tenuity 1.
| 1830 Blackw. Mag. XXVIII. 387 Not so much as the taperest wine-glass wire-woven into almost invisible attenuity. 1861 Temple Bar III. 437 No cotton-yarn of such attenuity as this can be..woven. 1898 Echo 22 June 1/4 Drawing his thin willowy form..to its full attenuity. |