Now rare. [F. tendre sb., from tendre, TENDER a.] A tender feeling or regard; a fondness, an affection; a tenderness.
1673. Dryden, Marr. à la Mode, III. i. I have such a tendre for the court, that I love it even from the drawing-room to the lobby.
1695. Congreve, Love for L., I. xv. I will, because I have a tendre for your ladyship.
1748. Smollett, Rod. Rand., xlii. A pretty maid, who had a tendre for me.
1833. T. Hook, Parson’s Dau., II. ii. I am quite relieved … since you tell me there had been no tendre between her and Mr. Harvey.
1848. Thackeray, Van. Fair, xv. You poor friendless creatures are always having some foolish tendre.
† b. An expression of tenderness. Obs. rare.
1705. Vanbrugh, Confed., IV. i. O Pox!… I desire none of your Tendres.
