brawny

English

Etymology

brawn +‎ -y

Adjective

brawny (comparative brawnier, superlative brawniest)

1. Characterized by brawn; muscular; strong.

   Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves.

   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2

     As he stood on one side, for a minute or so, unbuttoning his waist-coat and breeches, her fat, brawny thighs hung down

2. Calloused; hardened.

Translations

characterized by brawn

• Bulgarian: силен (bg) (silen), мускулест (bg) (muskulest)
• Danish: kraftig (da), muskuløs (da)
• Dutch: gespierd (nl)
• Finnish: lihaksikas (fi)
• French: balèze (fr), balaise (fr)

• German: muskulös (de)
• Portuguese: musculoso (pt)
• Russian: мускулистый (ru) (muskulístyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: tomadach (gd), làidir (gd)
• Swedish: muskulös, atletisk, biffig

Derived terms

• brawniness