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Definition of Tentigo
1. Noun. (archaic) Penile erection or tumescence; ''especially'', pathological erection (priapism). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tentigo
1. morbid lasciviousness [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tentigo
Literary usage of Tentigo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Late Eighth-century Latin-Anglo-Saxon Glossary: Preserved in the Library by Jan Hendrik Hessels, Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden Bibliotheek (1906)
"The gloss points to a meaning of tentigo different from the class, tension of
tlie privy member; perhaps hardness, stiffness of the bowels, costiveness is ..."
2. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1848)
"spring tyme, and forbeare all manner of mutton, and hee shall increase in calfe.
For the tentigo. If any be troubled with the ..."
3. Inigo Jones: A Life of the Architect by Peter Cunningham, James Robinson Planché, Ben Jonson, John Marston (1848)
"For the tentigo. If any be troubled with the tentigo, lett him travell to Japan,
or, because the forest of ..."
4. A Supplement to Dodsley's Old Plays by Thomas Amyot, Robert Dodsley, Shakespeare Society (1853)
"spring tyme, and forbeare all manner of mutton, and hee shall increase in calfe.
For the tentigo. If any be troubled with the ..."
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