tendressen.
Obsolete except as French.
= tenderness n.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun]
rutha1200
ruenessa1225
ruefulnessc1225
birewnessa1250
pityc1300
ruea1325
compassionc1340
midtholing1340
miserationa1382
rueinga1382
bowel1382
mildc1390
tendresse1390
ruefulhead?a1400
ruthnessa1400
tendernessa1400
compunction1430
bowels of compassion1526
remorse1538
commiseration1582
kindheartedness1583
commorse1595
earning1603
tender-heartedness1607
compassionateness1614
visceraa1651
ruthfulness1674
karuna1850
the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [noun]
softnessa1200
softheadc1350
tendresse1390
consciencea1393
tendernessa1400
suavitude1512
soft-heartedness1571
tender-heartedness1607
meltingness1622
tenerity1623
tender1671
tendre1673
mild-heartedness1849
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun]
sweetnessc1000
mildnessOE
lithenessc1175
mildshipa1200
softnessa1200
mildheadc1300
softheadc1350
mansuetudec1390
tendresse1390
tendernessa1400
gentleness?c1400
mansuetiea1500
suavitude1512
treatableness1526
placability1531
lenity1548
pleasableness1556
mollity1562
fair1599
lenitude1627
placableness1647
unaggressiveness1870
the mind > emotion > love > affection > [noun] > instance of affection
loveOE
tendre1673
tendressea1766
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 195 For Moderhed and for tendresse.
1399 Rolls of Parl. III. 451/2 To have rewarde to tendresse of her age.
a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1770) IV. 64 But have not you at the same time a small tendresse for her fortune?
1850 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) IV. 76 The fair Truffi, for whom I still cherish a certain degree of tendresse.
1885 Athenæum 17 Oct. 503/2 The..sister who conceals her tendresse for the hero in maidenly fashion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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