Samsoniann.adj.
/samˈsəʊnɪən/ A. n.
A strong man.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > strong person > strong man
Samsonc1460
Hercules1567
Samsonian1654
strongman1701
muscle man1805
butchy1891
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot 56 All Foyters, men o' th' sword, Hectors, Herculaneans, Samsonians.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to Samson; resembling Samson or his attributes.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [adjective] > of persons, speech
ambiguous1560
meal-mouthed1570
mealy-mouthed1571
mealy1573
mealmouth1575
Janian1598
equivocant1609
bird-mouthed1610
equivocating1645
Janus-like1656
Janus-faceda1682
equivocatory1821
Samsonian1861
weasel1912
weasel-worded1923
stuttery1937
bet-hedging1971
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > characterized by use of strength
strong?c1225
valiant1531
Herculean1596
Samsonistic1849
Samsonian1861
powerhouse1928
1861 W. J. Fitzpatrick Life, Times, & Corr. Dr. Doyle I. 200 The Sampsonian determination and power with which Dr. Doyle grasped the leading pillar of the Irish Church Establishment.
1865 W. H. L. Tester Poems 69 A beard, 'maist Samsonian, sae knottit an' thready.
1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge iii. 20 Riddles of the Samsonian type are not easily expounded.
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