Musculous
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Made up of muscle or muscle tissue; muscular. archaic, relational
"[T]he rest of the capacity of the clusters was […] in others fill'd with some kind of substance; in blue Flies, with a reddish musculous substance, with fibres tending from the center or bottom outwards […]."
- 2 Characterised by well-developed muscles; muscular, muscly. archaic
- 3 Pertaining to muscle; involving the use of muscles; muscular. obsolete, relational
Example
More examples"[T]he rest of the capacity of the clusters was […] in others fill'd with some kind of substance; in blue Flies, with a reddish musculous substance, with fibres tending from the center or bottom outwards […]."
Etymology
From late Middle English, from Middle French musculeux (“composed of muscle”), from Latin mūsculōsus (“muscular, fleshy”), from mūsculus (“a little mouse; a muscle”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix).
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