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tenace
[ ten-eys ]
/ ˈtɛnˌeɪs /
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noun Whist, Bridge.
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
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Origin of tenace
1645–55; <Spanish tenazas tongs, tenace (in card games), derivative of tenaz ≪ Latin tenāxtenacious; compare Medieval Latin tenācēs forceps
Words nearby tenace
tempus fugit, Tempyō, Temuco, ten, tenable, tenace, tenacious, tenaciously, tenacity, ten-acre block, tenaculum
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British Dictionary definitions for tenace
tenace
/ (ˈtɛneɪs) /
noun
bridge whist a holding of two nonconsecutive high cards of a suit, such as the ace and queen
Word Origin for tenace
C17: from French, from Spanish tenaza forceps, ultimately from Latin tenāx holding fast, from tenēre to hold
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