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Tenuis

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; - so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tenuis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tenuis.html. 1828.