"tenuious" meaning in English

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          "text": "A tenuious emanation or continued effluvium, which after some distance retracteth into itself; as is observable in drops of syrups, oil, and seminal viscosities[…]",
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        "Rare or subtle; tenuous."
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        "(archaic) Rare or subtle; tenuous."
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