lentorn.
/ˈlɛntə//ˈlɛntɔː/ 1. † b. concrete. A viscid component of the blood.
a. Of the blood, etc.: Clamminess, tenacity, viscidity. Now rare.
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1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §900 All Matter whereof Creatures are produced by Putrefaction haue euermore a Closenesse, Lentour, and Sequacity.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xiv. 486 In this Disease the whole Blood does not presently acquire that lentor or sliminess.
1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 36 Arborescent Holi-hocks..by reason of their clamminess and Lentor, banished from our Sallet.
1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §52 There is lentor and smoothness in the blood of healthy strong people.
1797 J. Downing Treat. Disorders Horned Cattle 3 This medicine..extinguishes the inflammatory lentor.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 42 That [sc. hypothesis] of Boerhaave, founded on the doctrine of a peculiar viscosity, or lentor of the blood.
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c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. viii. 45 A great deal of the Lentor may undoubtedly be squeez'd thro' the smallest Vessels.
1722 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 2) Lentor hath been used.. to express that sizy, viscid, coagulated Part of the Blood, which in malignant Fevers obstructs the capillary Vessels.
2. Slowness; want of vital activity.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun]
slacknessc1000
hoolinessa1340
latesomeness1357
slothc1380
lateshipc1390
slownessa1398
lateliness?c1400
sluggednessc1425
slugginessc1450
sluggishnessc1450
tardityc1450
lenta1500
ignavy1543
retardance1550
lingering1570
tardiness1608
lentitude1623
languidness1634
tediousness1691
lentora1763
slow-coaching1837
snailishness1905
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > tardiness or sluggishness
hoolinessa1340
latesomeness1357
slothc1380
lateshipc1390
lateliness?c1400
sluggednessc1425
slugginessc1450
sluggishnessc1450
tardityc1450
ignavy1543
tardiness1608
lentitude1623
languidness1634
tediousness1691
lentora1763
tarditude1794
laggardness1869
a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. & Lett. (1768) II. 228 Persons of a phlegmatic constitution have..a lentor which wine may naturally remove.
1779 J. Lovell in J. Adams' Wks. (1854) IX. 487 Nor can I omit to call to your mind..that the lentor of proceedings here should account for the appearances of injustice done you.
1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 297/1 The extreme lentor of all their [serpents'] digestive functions.
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