tenour

English

Noun

tenour (plural tenours)

Archaic spelling of tenor.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (5th ed.), page 48
  Our political ſyſtem is placed in a juſt correſpondence and ſymmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of exiſtence decreed to a permanent body compoſed of tranſitory parts; wherein, by the diſpoſition of a ſtupendous wiſdom, moulding together the great myſterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young, but in a condition of unchangeable conſtancy, moves on through the varied tenour of perpetual decay, fall, renovation, and progreſſion.
- 1790, Adam Smith, “Of the Beauty which the Appearance of Utility Bestows upon the Charactes and Actions of Men; […]”, in The Theory of Moral Sentiments; […] In Two Volumes, volume I, 6th edition, London: Printed for A[ndrew] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell […]; Edinburgh: W[illiam] Creech, and J. Bell & Co., OCLC 723510352, part IV (Of the Effect of Utility upon the Sentiment of Approbation), page 481:
  It is the conſciouſneſs of this merited approbation and eſteem which is alone capable of ſupporting the agent in this tenour of conduct.

Middle English

Alternative forms

tenor, tenoure, tenure, tenur, tenowr, teneur, teneure

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Latin tenor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛˈnuːr/, /tɛˈniu̯r/, /ˈtɛnur/

Noun

tenour (plural tenours)

The (primary) intended message or purpose of something
The tone or character of something; the tenor of something.
The relevant and purposeful content of a directive.
An abstract; a summation of a document or directive.
(music) The primary musical section (tending to be the tenor)
(rare) Constancy or permanence of effect or direction.
(music, rare) A pitch as a basis for finding out pitch difference.
(music, rare) Something's vocal or musical characteristics.

Descendants

English: tenor
Scots: tenor

References

“tenǒur (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-07.

Old French

Noun

tenour m (oblique plural tenours, nominative singular tenours, nominative plural tenour)

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of tenor (possessor)

Noun

tenour f (oblique plural tenours, nominative singular tenour, nominative plural tenours)

(Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of teneure (tenure)

单词	tenour
释义	tenour English Noun tenour (plural tenours) Archaic spelling of tenor. 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (5th ed.), page 48 Our political ſyſtem is placed in a juſt correſpondence and ſymmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of exiſtence decreed to a permanent body compoſed of tranſitory parts; wherein, by the diſpoſition of a ſtupendous wiſdom, moulding together the great myſterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young, but in a condition of unchangeable conſtancy, moves on through the varied tenour of perpetual decay, fall, renovation, and progreſſion. 1790, Adam Smith, “Of the Beauty which the Appearance of Utility Bestows upon the Charactes and Actions of Men; […]”, in The Theory of Moral Sentiments; […] In Two Volumes, volume I, 6th edition, London: Printed for A[ndrew] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell […]; Edinburgh: W[illiam] Creech, and J. Bell & Co., OCLC 723510352, part IV (Of the Effect of Utility upon the Sentiment of Approbation), page 481: It is the conſciouſneſs of this merited approbation and eſteem which is alone capable of ſupporting the agent in this tenour of conduct. Middle English Alternative forms tenor, tenoure, tenure, tenur, tenowr, teneur, teneure Etymology Borrowed from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Latin tenor. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /tɛˈnuːr/, /tɛˈniu̯r/, /ˈtɛnur/ Noun tenour (plural tenours) The (primary) intended message or purpose of something The tone or character of something; the tenor of something. The relevant and purposeful content of a directive. An abstract; a summation of a document or directive. (music) The primary musical section (tending to be the tenor) (rare) Constancy or permanence of effect or direction. (music, rare) A pitch as a basis for finding out pitch difference. (music, rare) Something's vocal or musical characteristics. Descendants English: tenor Scots: tenor References “tenǒur (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-07. Old French Noun tenour m (oblique plural tenours, nominative singular tenours, nominative plural tenour) (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of tenor (possessor) Noun tenour f (oblique plural tenours, nominative singular tenour, nominative plural tenours) (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of teneure (tenure)
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