musculousadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌskjᵿləs/, U.S.

/ˈməskjələs/

Forms: Middle English mosculous, Middle English– musculous.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French musculeux; Latin mūsculōsus.

Etymology: < Middle French musculeux composed of muscle (1370; 1314 in Old French as muscleux ), characterized by muscular development (1548), also used of plant tissue (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny: compare quot. 1601 at sense 2a) and its etymon classical Latin mūsculōsus composed of muscle < mūsculus muscle n. + -ōsus -ous suffix.Now largely superseded by muscular adj. With musculous flesh (see quots. ?a1425 at sense 1, ?1541 at sense 1, ?1541 at sense 1, ?1541 at sense 1) compare Old French char muscleuse (1314).

Now rare.

1. Composed of or containing muscle; = muscular adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adjective]

lacertous?a1425

musculous?a1425

muscled1628

musculous1653

muscular1670

musculary1679

musculose1684

nervo-muscular1833

intermuscular1834

neuromyic1841

neuromuscular1864

thewed1864

intramuscular1874

myogenic1876

myoneural1905

neuromyal1926

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 62 (MED) Contusion forsoþ is a seperacioun & dilaceracion..in musculous flesh.

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Ciij The other is flesshe musculous or lacertous.

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 45 Of carneous and Musculous substaunce.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxv. 302 It is a musculous membrane.

1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (ed. 2) 185 The flesh of the body is of three sorts, Parenchymous, Glandulous, or Musculous.

1720 J. Quincy tr. N. Hodges Loimologia v. 120 The musculous Flesh was..wasted.

1738 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds III. 50 Its [sc. the hen wheat-ear's] stomach is not very musculous.

1831 in Jrnl. Negro Hist. (1925) 10 418 Neither have they a gizzard or musculous stomach, as we find in a human being.

1997 Pediatrics 99 e9 Palatal anomalies such as..absence of the musculous uvuli.

†a. Botany. Of plant tissue: fleshy. Cf. musculosity n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. v. 18 The Elecampane hath a root shorter than the Skirwirts or Parsnips.., but more musculous and fuller as it were of brawne.

b. Characterized by muscular development; = muscular adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adjective] > having large

lacertosea1400

well-brawneda1450

brawned?1507

muscly1551

brawny1598

musculous1609

muscular1736

hard-bodied1785

thewy1845

muscularized1896

stacked1998

hench2003

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxx. xii. 397 His bodie was well brawned, musculous & strong [L. lacertosum & validum].

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iv. viii. 165 I have sometimes seen..in a musculous man, one triangular muscle [etc.].

1686 W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. (new ed.) iii. 107 The Painter must observe an equal Air, so as not to make one part Musculous and Strong, and the other Soft and Tender.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub xi. 203 He had a Tongue so Musculous and Subtil, that he could twist it up into his Nose.

1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 279 They are indeed musculous and strong.

1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 431/1 He is neither decidedly fleshy, nor lean; but stout, bony and musculous.

1984 Electromyogr. & Clin. Neurophysiol. 24 285 A new kind of electromyographic activity, found in quadriceps muscle of healthy musculous individuals.

†3. Of or relating to a muscle or muscles; involving the use of muscles; = muscular adj. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adjective]

lacertous?a1425

musculous?a1425

muscled1628

musculous1653

muscular1670

musculary1679

musculose1684

nervo-muscular1833

intermuscular1834

neuromyic1841

neuromuscular1864

thewed1864

intramuscular1874

myogenic1876

myoneural1905

neuromyal1926

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. xii. 95 The Tunica Uvea has a Musculous power, and can dilate & contract..the Pupill.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Vein Musculous vein, the first branch of the flanck veins, tearmed thus because it communicates it self with divers muscles.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. i. 10 In the Coat of this Bladder is a musculous Power to contract it.

1739 Gen. Chirurg. Dict. at Myodes Platysma, in J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. A Musculous Expansion.

Derivatives

† musculousness n. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Musculousness, largeness or fulness of muscles.

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

单词	musculous
释义	musculousadj. Brit. /ˈmʌskjᵿləs/, U.S. /ˈməskjələs/ Forms: Middle English mosculous, Middle English– musculous. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French musculeux; Latin mūsculōsus. Etymology: < Middle French musculeux composed of muscle (1370; 1314 in Old French as muscleux ), characterized by muscular development (1548), also used of plant tissue (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny: compare quot. 1601 at sense 2a) and its etymon classical Latin mūsculōsus composed of muscle < mūsculus muscle n. + -ōsus -ous suffix.Now largely superseded by muscular adj. With musculous flesh (see quots. ?a1425 at sense 1, ?1541 at sense 1, ?1541 at sense 1, ?1541 at sense 1) compare Old French char muscleuse (1314). Now rare. 1. Composed of or containing muscle; = muscular adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adjective] lacertous?a1425 musculous?a1425 muscled1628 musculous1653 muscular1670 musculary1679 musculose1684 nervo-muscular1833 intermuscular1834 neuromyic1841 neuromuscular1864 thewed1864 intramuscular1874 myogenic1876 myoneural1905 neuromyal1926 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 62 (MED) Contusion forsoþ is a seperacioun & dilaceracion..in musculous flesh. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Ciij The other is flesshe musculous or lacertous. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 45 Of carneous and Musculous substaunce. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxv. 302 It is a musculous membrane. 1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (ed. 2) 185 The flesh of the body is of three sorts, Parenchymous, Glandulous, or Musculous. 1720 J. Quincy tr. N. Hodges Loimologia v. 120 The musculous Flesh was..wasted. 1738 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds III. 50 Its [sc. the hen wheat-ear's] stomach is not very musculous. 1831 in Jrnl. Negro Hist. (1925) 10 418 Neither have they a gizzard or musculous stomach, as we find in a human being. 1997 Pediatrics 99 e9 Palatal anomalies such as..absence of the musculous uvuli. 2. †a. Botany. Of plant tissue: fleshy. Cf. musculosity n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. v. 18 The Elecampane hath a root shorter than the Skirwirts or Parsnips.., but more musculous and fuller as it were of brawne. b. Characterized by muscular development; = muscular adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adjective] > having large lacertosea1400 well-brawneda1450 brawned?1507 muscly1551 brawny1598 musculous1609 muscular1736 hard-bodied1785 thewy1845 muscularized1896 stacked1998 hench2003 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxx. xii. 397 His bodie was well brawned, musculous & strong [L. lacertosum & validum]. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iv. viii. 165 I have sometimes seen..in a musculous man, one triangular muscle [etc.]. 1686 W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. (new ed.) iii. 107 The Painter must observe an equal Air, so as not to make one part Musculous and Strong, and the other Soft and Tender. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub xi. 203 He had a Tongue so Musculous and Subtil, that he could twist it up into his Nose. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 279 They are indeed musculous and strong. 1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 431/1 He is neither decidedly fleshy, nor lean; but stout, bony and musculous. 1984 Electromyogr. & Clin. Neurophysiol. 24 285 A new kind of electromyographic activity, found in quadriceps muscle of healthy musculous individuals. †3. Of or relating to a muscle or muscles; involving the use of muscles; = muscular adj. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adjective] lacertous?a1425 musculous?a1425 muscled1628 musculous1653 muscular1670 musculary1679 musculose1684 nervo-muscular1833 intermuscular1834 neuromyic1841 neuromuscular1864 thewed1864 intramuscular1874 myogenic1876 myoneural1905 neuromyal1926 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. xii. 95 The Tunica Uvea has a Musculous power, and can dilate & contract..the Pupill. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Vein Musculous vein, the first branch of the flanck veins, tearmed thus because it communicates it self with divers muscles. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. i. 10 In the Coat of this Bladder is a musculous Power to contract it. 1739 Gen. Chirurg. Dict. at Myodes Platysma, in J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. A Musculous Expansion. Derivatives † musculousness n. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Musculousness, largeness or fulness of muscles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425
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