tightness

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tightness

noun tightnesses

  1. countable, uncountable The quality or degree of being tight. The preference for tightness during intercourse is so well known in Western culture that U.S. obstetricians even have a term for the extra stitch they often perform when doing episiotomy repairs following childbirth: the "husband's stitch." The husband's stitch is intended to produce a smaller vagin

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noun the quality of being tight

Françaisétroitesse
Italianostrettezza

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@misc{tightness_2026,
  title = {tightness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tightness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}