Definitions
of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice
Word origin
From Middle English tenour, from Anglo-Norman tenour, from Old French tenor (“substance, contents, meaning, sense; tenor part in music”), from Latin tenor (“course, continuance; holder”), from teneō (“to hold”). In music, from the notion of the one who holds the melody, as opposed to the countertenor.
Used in a sentence
“Colonel Walton, who had striven to check the conversation at moments when he became conscious of its tenor, now gladly engaged his guest on other and more legitimate topics.”
“It is the conſciouſneſs of this merited approbation and eſteem which is alone capable of ſupporting the agent in this tenour of conduct.”
“Along the cool sequestered vale of life / They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“High male voice”5 letters
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