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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Well, Miss Gryll, I should like, some winter evening, to challenge you to a tenson, and your uncle should be umpire.
From Gryll Grange by Thomas Love Peacock
The tenson may be carried on by two.
From Gryll Grange by Thomas Love Peacock
The name of tenson was given to those poetical contests in verse which took place in the Courts of Love, or before illustrious princes.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne C. Lynch Botta
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
Disputes before these courts usually took the form of the tenson, or contention, already described.
From Woman's Work in Music by Arthur Elson
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