brawned

English

Verb

brawned

1. simple past and past participle of brawn

Adjective

brawned (comparative more brawned, superlative most brawned)

1. (obsolete) brawny; strong; muscular
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     mighty brawned bowrs

Derived terms

• brawnedness