tenson
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tenson
1830–40; < French; Old French tençon < Provençal tensoun, tenso contest, dispute < Latin tēnsiōn- (stem of tēnsiō ); see tension
Example Sentences
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A new career was opened to those who dared the combat—not of arms, but of verse; and the name of tenson, which was given to these dramatic skirmishes, in fact signified a contest.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
Suppose, doctor, you were to get up a tenson a little more relative to our own wise days.
From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love
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 Neihardt, John G.
I should much prefer a tenson of the twelfth century, when two or three masters of the Gai Saber discussed questions of love and chivalry.
From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love
The tenson may be carried on by two.
From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love
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