tendresse
/tɒ̃ˈdrɛs
/(also tendre /ˈtɒ̃dr(ə)/)
noun [in singular]
A feeling of fondness or love: the local grande dame for whom George had a tendresse...
- She has a tendresse for a handsome but lowly young blacksmith.
- It is these old men in their restrained conviviality for whom she has a particular tendresse.
- She has always had a certain tendresse for Carlo.
Origin
French.
Rhymes
- radiostrontium
- radio sun
- radiosurgery
- radiosurgical
- radio-tag
- radio-tagged
- radio-tagging
- radio talk
- radio talk show
- radio talk show host
- radio-telegram
- radio-telegraph
- radio-telegraphic
- radiotelegraphically
- radio-telegraphist
- radio-telegraphy
- radio telemetering
- radiotelemetry
- radio-telephone
- radio-telephonic
- radio-telephony
- radio telescope
- radioteletype
- radiotelex
- radiotellurium