-tonia
a combining form with the meaning “muscle tension, nerve tension,” as specified by the initial element (hypertonia); used also in the formation of words that denote more generally a personality type or personality disorder (catatonia; somatotonia).
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Ten yards from his hiding-place, in the shade of the jacal, sat his Tonia calmly plaiting a rawhide lariat.
Heart of the West | O. HenryThen outside Tonia swung in a grass hammock with her guitar and sang sad canciones de amor .
Heart of the West | O. HenryTonia dropped the lariat, twisted herself around, and curved a lemon-tinted arm over the ranger's shoulder.
Heart of the West | O. HenryTonia dropped the lariat, twisted herself around, and curved a lemon- tinted arm over the ranger's shoulder.
Heart of the West | O. HenryThen outside Tonia swung in a grass hammock with her guitar and sang sad /canciones de amor/.
Heart of the West | O. Henry
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