tenson
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tenson
1830–40; < French; Old French tençon < Provençal tensoun, tenso contest, dispute < Latin tēnsiōn- (stem of tēnsiō ); see tension
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Suppose, doctor, you were to get up a tenson a little more relative to our own wise days.
From Gryll Grange by Thomas Love Peacock
Among the Troubadours, this species of musical dialogue took the form of the tenson, or contention.
From Woman's Work in Music by Arthur Elson
When more than two singers took part in a tenson, it became a tournament.
From Woman's Work in Music by Arthur Elson
Somewhere out in the gloom coyotes chattered and yelped, and from far across the dusky valley others answered—a doleful tenson.
From The River and I by John G. Neihardt
You might go beyond the limits of a tenson.
From Gryll Grange by Thomas Love Peacock
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