brawny
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English brawny; equivalent to brawn + -y.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔːni/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective[edit]
brawny (comparative brawnier, superlative brawniest)
- Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
- Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves.
- 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
- As he stood on one side, for a minute or so, unbuttoning his waist-coat and breeches, her fat, brawny thighs hung down
- 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 68:
- Once the pressure of the comparatively low-drivered J's was raised to 300 pounds, they ranked as the brawniest of 4-8-4's with a tractive force of 80,000 pounds.
- Calloused; hardened.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
characterized by brawn
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
brawny
Descendants[edit]
- English: brawny
References[edit]
- “braunī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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