tenace

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tenace

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Borrowed from French tenace, from Spanish tenaza, from earlier tenaces, from Latin tenācēs, from teneō (“hold, grasp”).

noun tenaces

An interrupted sequence of high cards of the same suit, such as the king and jack or the ace and queen.

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@misc{tenace_2026,
  title = {tenace},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tenace},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}