muscular

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[edit] Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsculāris in the 17th century.

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  • (UK) IPA: /ˈmʌs.kjə.lə/, /ˈmʌs.kjʊ.lə/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈmʌs.kjə.lɚ/, /ˈmʌs.kju.lɚ/

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muscular (comparative more muscular, superlative most muscular)

  1. Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
    • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars, chapter 2
      It was an effort of the mind, of the will, of the nerves; not muscular, for I could not move even so much as my little finger, but none the less mighty for all that.
  2. Brawny, having strength.
  3. Having large, well-developed muscles.

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muscular m. and f. (plural musculares)

  1. muscular

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