muscularityn.

Brit.

/ˌmʌskjᵿˈlarᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌməskjəˈlɛrədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muscular adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < muscular adj. + -ity suffix.

a. The quality or fact of being muscular; the condition of having or consisting of muscle. Also: the condition of having well-developed muscles; muscular strength or vigour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [noun] > fact of having large

brawniness1398

muscularity1681

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [noun] > strength of

muscularity1859

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. v. i. 102 Their [sc. the guts of a sturgeon] great thickness and muscularity.

1793 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 173 Such an arrangement of fibres can be accounted for on no other supposition than that of muscularity.

1824 Compl. Hist. Murder Mr. Weare App. 230 The body was remarkable for its muscularity and symmetry.

1859 S. Smiles Self-help x. 258 The cultivation of muscularity.

1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) i. ii. 31 The muscularity of the walls of the Arteries.

1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. vii. 341 The modern taste for muscularity.

1959 Muscle Power Nov.–Dec. 7 (caption) It is easy to see why George Eiferman's massive muscularity has never been equalled by any bodybuilder of his height.

1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 601/2 A seven-point scale for each of three physical components—Fat, Muscularity, and Linearity.

1995 Farmers Weekly 31 Mar. 52/4 Much of the apparent muscularity of bulls is the result of feeding and is not heritable.

b. figurative. Strength, energy, or robustness, esp. in a particular aspect or faculty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > strong or powerful

craftOE

strengthOE

powerc1300

forcec1340

foisona1400

ability?1473

potence1483

potencya1500

valency1623

potentiality1627

potentialness1668

muscularity1871

firepower1945

1871 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 83 We admire the muscularity of intellect with precisely the same ignorant reverence which savages yield to corporeal superiority.

1935 Polit. Sci. Q. 50 35 Perhaps intellectual muscularity cannot be developed in a constitutional straight-jacket.

1960 J. B. Broadbent Some Graver Subject ii. 70 Satan's mobility, his articulacy, and muscularity..make him the most vital character in Paradise Lost.

1986 J. Richards & J. M. Mackenzie Railway Station iii. 83 The railway stations of Australia and New Zealand exhibit a remarkable muscularity of style.

†2. The quality of being apprehensible by muscle sense or kinaesthesia. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [noun] > cognizable by the muscular sense

muscularity1868

1868 A. Bain Mental & Moral Sci. 95 The other element of Touch is Muscularity; the weight, hardness, size, and form of things, are tested and remembered principally by the muscles of the hand and arm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muscularity
释义	muscularityn. Brit. /ˌmʌskjᵿˈlarᵻti/, U.S. /ˌməskjəˈlɛrədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muscular adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < muscular adj. + -ity suffix. 1. a. The quality or fact of being muscular; the condition of having or consisting of muscle. Also: the condition of having well-developed muscles; muscular strength or vigour. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [noun] > fact of having large brawniness1398 muscularity1681 the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [noun] > strength of muscularity1859 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. v. i. 102 Their [sc. the guts of a sturgeon] great thickness and muscularity. 1793 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 173 Such an arrangement of fibres can be accounted for on no other supposition than that of muscularity. 1824 Compl. Hist. Murder Mr. Weare App. 230 The body was remarkable for its muscularity and symmetry. 1859 S. Smiles Self-help x. 258 The cultivation of muscularity. 1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) i. ii. 31 The muscularity of the walls of the Arteries. 1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. vii. 341 The modern taste for muscularity. 1959 Muscle Power Nov.–Dec. 7 (caption) It is easy to see why George Eiferman's massive muscularity has never been equalled by any bodybuilder of his height. 1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 601/2 A seven-point scale for each of three physical components—Fat, Muscularity, and Linearity. 1995 Farmers Weekly 31 Mar. 52/4 Much of the apparent muscularity of bulls is the result of feeding and is not heritable. b. figurative. Strength, energy, or robustness, esp. in a particular aspect or faculty. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > strong or powerful craftOE strengthOE powerc1300 forcec1340 foisona1400 ability?1473 potence1483 potencya1500 valency1623 potentiality1627 potentialness1668 muscularity1871 firepower1945 1871 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 83 We admire the muscularity of intellect with precisely the same ignorant reverence which savages yield to corporeal superiority. 1935 Polit. Sci. Q. 50 35 Perhaps intellectual muscularity cannot be developed in a constitutional straight-jacket. 1960 J. B. Broadbent Some Graver Subject ii. 70 Satan's mobility, his articulacy, and muscularity..make him the most vital character in Paradise Lost. 1986 J. Richards & J. M. Mackenzie Railway Station iii. 83 The railway stations of Australia and New Zealand exhibit a remarkable muscularity of style. †2. The quality of being apprehensible by muscle sense or kinaesthesia. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > quality of being tangible > [noun] > cognizable by the muscular sense muscularity1868 1868 A. Bain Mental & Moral Sci. 95 The other element of Touch is Muscularity; the weight, hardness, size, and form of things, are tested and remembered principally by the muscles of the hand and arm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1681
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