sinewyadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɪnjuːi/, U.S.

/ˈsɪn(j)əwi/

Forms: Also α. Middle English senewy; Middle English synnevy, 1600s synewy, synewie; 1500s sinnewie, sinewye, 1500s–1600s sinewie, 1600s sinewey. β. Middle English senowy; synnowy, Middle English, 1600s synowy (1500s synowie); 1500s sinnowy, 1600s sinnowie, 1500s–1600s sinowie, sinowy (1500s sinowye).

Etymology: < sinew n. + -y suffix¹. Compare Dutch zenuwig, German sehnig (†zenich, synnig).

†1. Made of sinews. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > composed of

sinewy1382

nervousa1400

tendinous1658

tendonous1660

tendinal1887

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges xvi. 7 If with seuen senewy [L. nerviceis] coordis..Y were boundun, Y shal be feble as other men.

2. Furnished with, full of, sinews.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > having

sinewy1398

nervous1483

sinewed1588

nervy1598

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xxv The nekke..[is] senewy to make wilfull meuyng.

a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 85 Þe face and þe leggez, and synowy placez and bony.

1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 32 It..helpeth the sinowye partes.

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 231 The sides of the dogges bulke, or vpon his thighes, or suche sinewye places.

1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 42 For in the sinewes..This pow'r is plac'd, or in the Synewy skin.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xx. 21 (note) The fleshie pannicle is a membrane very thick, sinewy, woven in with little veins.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Embrocation Nothing is more powerful to remove obstinate Swellings in the sinewy Parts.

1885 Where Chineses Drive 186 The only meat he could find to operate on was part of an awfully sinewy leg of beef.

in combination.1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 246 The usual price received for lean, stringy-fleshed, sinewy-legged fowls, is far from remunerative.

a. Having strong, well-developed, or prominent sinews.Usually implying strength, but sometimes leanness.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > strong

sinewyc1440

sinewous1495

sinewed1604

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 704 The thies sadde and senowy, not to side.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 226 Who-so hath the fete well shappyn, grete toes and synnowy, sholde bene stronge and hardy.

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. B3 His armes and fingers long and sinowy.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 243 [Let] Bull-bearing Milo his addition yeeld, To sinowy Aiax.

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 567 Those [whales] have great teeth..and are very sinewy.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 581 Fainting as he touch'd the shore, He dropt his sinewy arms.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna i. xiii. 7 The vast bird would..with his sinewy neck, Dissolve in sudden shock those linked rings.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. vi. vii. 616 In person, Orange was above the middle height, perfectly well made and sinewy.

1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xxiii. 227 He was a sinewy little fellow.

in extended use.1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 171 The Gates are very large and strong, as well in the sinewie composition of them~selves, as in the addition of the Drawbridge.

b. transferred. Of qualities, attributes, etc.: Derived from the possession of (strong) sinews; having the strength characteristic of sinews.

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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > of qualities: derived from strength

sinewy1598

wirya1870

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 293 + 13 As motion and long during action tyres The sinnowy vigour of the trauayler.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida Prol. sig. B^v O that our Muse Had those abstruse and synowy faculties.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions Pref. 3 Even this veine of laughing..hath oft-times a strong and sinewy force in teaching and confuting.

1785 W. Cowper Task v. 288 When at length mankind Had reach'd the sinewy firmness of their youth.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 34 Few were the arms whose sinewy strength Sufficed to stretch it forth at length.

1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl I. 7 Men were glad with the same sinewy force..as made them in other times laborious.

c. Of language, writings, arguments, etc. (Cf. nervous adj. 4.)

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective]

sensiblea1393

eloquent1393

rhetoricc1450

mightya1500

pithy1529

grave1541

pithful1548

weighty1560

sappy1563

emphatical1567

fasta1568

thwacking1567

forceful1571

enforceable1589

energetical1596

eloquious1599

sinewy1600

emphatic1602

sinewed1604

strong1604

tonitruous1606

nervose1645

nervous1663

energetic1674

energic1683

strong1685

cogent1718

lapidary1724

forcible1726

authoritative1749

terse1777

telling1819

vigorous1821

sturdy1822

tonitruant1861

meaty1874

vertebrate1882

energized1887

jawy1898

heavy1970

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill A 2 A faithfull, elegant, sinewie, and well digested historie.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 194 Nervous and sinewy Arguments.

1718 Free-thinker No. 18. 2 The Latin Tongue has something Masculine and sinewy.

1863 Sat. Rev. 284 An out-of-door life encourages and produces a straightforward, intelligible, sinewy style.

1885 Manch. Examiner 18 Mar. 3/3 His nervous sinewy literary style will not be thrown away.

d. Similarly of speakers and writers.

ΚΠ

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 431 Cæsar, who knowes as well to write, as warre: The Sinewie Salust.

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 162 Thus the sinewie Epigrammatist.

4. Of the nature of sinews; tough, stringy.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adjective] > tough

tougha700

sinewy1578

wiry1588

gristly1601

nervous1601

tenax1605

tenacious1607

clunga1722

whipcord1879

whinstone1910

the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > of nature of

ligamental1578

sinewy1578

ligamentous1683

ligamentary1744

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 52 They [sc. the muscles] are sinewie and broad in their begynning.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. To Rdr. sig. a8 Being dispersed into the muscles and skinne by meanes of certaine sinowie threedes concurring in manner of a net.

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 141 Sinowy Ligameuts bruised and broken.

a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 49 For if sinewie thred my braine lets fall Through every part.

1909 J. H. Patterson In Grip of Nyika 247 Tied up with bands of sinewy tree-bark.

†5. Strung with sinews. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [adjective]

corded1382

stringed1552

sinewya1593

nervous1601

chordal1619

chorded1687

strung1695

a1593 C. Marlowe Hero & Leander (1598) i. sig. Ciij All deepe enrag'd, his sinowie bow he bent.

1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant xv The sinowy Bow, and deadly-headed Launce, Shall breake in shiuers.

1659 R. Lovelace Poems (1864) 242 So by the sinewy lyre now strook we see Into soft calms all storm of poesie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sinewy
释义	sinewyadj. Brit. /ˈsɪnjuːi/, U.S. /ˈsɪn(j)əwi/ Forms: Also α. Middle English senewy; Middle English synnevy, 1600s synewy, synewie; 1500s sinnewie, sinewye, 1500s–1600s sinewie, 1600s sinewey. β. Middle English senowy; synnowy, Middle English, 1600s synowy (1500s synowie); 1500s sinnowy, 1600s sinnowie, 1500s–1600s sinowie, sinowy (1500s sinowye). Etymology: < sinew n. + -y suffix¹. Compare Dutch zenuwig, German sehnig (†zenich, synnig). †1. Made of sinews. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > composed of sinewy1382 nervousa1400 tendinous1658 tendonous1660 tendinal1887 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges xvi. 7 If with seuen senewy [L. nerviceis] coordis..Y were boundun, Y shal be feble as other men. 2. Furnished with, full of, sinews. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > having sinewy1398 nervous1483 sinewed1588 nervy1598 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xxv The nekke..[is] senewy to make wilfull meuyng. a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 85 Þe face and þe leggez, and synowy placez and bony. 1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. iv. ii. f. 32 It..helpeth the sinowye partes. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxix. 231 The sides of the dogges bulke, or vpon his thighes, or suche sinewye places. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 42 For in the sinewes..This pow'r is plac'd, or in the Synewy skin. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. xx. 21 (note) The fleshie pannicle is a membrane very thick, sinewy, woven in with little veins. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Embrocation Nothing is more powerful to remove obstinate Swellings in the sinewy Parts. 1885 Where Chineses Drive 186 The only meat he could find to operate on was part of an awfully sinewy leg of beef. in combination.1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 246 The usual price received for lean, stringy-fleshed, sinewy-legged fowls, is far from remunerative. 3. a. Having strong, well-developed, or prominent sinews.Usually implying strength, but sometimes leanness. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > types of sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > strong sinewyc1440 sinewous1495 sinewed1604 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 704 The thies sadde and senowy, not to side. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 226 Who-so hath the fete well shappyn, grete toes and synnowy, sholde bene stronge and hardy. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. B3 His armes and fingers long and sinowy. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 243 [Let] Bull-bearing Milo his addition yeeld, To sinowy Aiax. View more context for this quotation 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 567 Those [whales] have great teeth..and are very sinewy. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 581 Fainting as he touch'd the shore, He dropt his sinewy arms. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna i. xiii. 7 The vast bird would..with his sinewy neck, Dissolve in sudden shock those linked rings. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. vi. vii. 616 In person, Orange was above the middle height, perfectly well made and sinewy. 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xxiii. 227 He was a sinewy little fellow. in extended use.1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 171 The Gates are very large and strong, as well in the sinewie composition of them~selves, as in the addition of the Drawbridge. b. transferred. Of qualities, attributes, etc.: Derived from the possession of (strong) sinews; having the strength characteristic of sinews. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > of qualities: derived from strength sinewy1598 wirya1870 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 293 + 13 As motion and long during action tyres The sinnowy vigour of the trauayler. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida Prol. sig. B^v O that our Muse Had those abstruse and synowy faculties. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions Pref. 3 Even this veine of laughing..hath oft-times a strong and sinewy force in teaching and confuting. 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 288 When at length mankind Had reach'd the sinewy firmness of their youth. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 34 Few were the arms whose sinewy strength Sufficed to stretch it forth at length. 1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl I. 7 Men were glad with the same sinewy force..as made them in other times laborious. c. Of language, writings, arguments, etc. (Cf. nervous adj. 4.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] sensiblea1393 eloquent1393 rhetoricc1450 mightya1500 pithy1529 grave1541 pithful1548 weighty1560 sappy1563 emphatical1567 fasta1568 thwacking1567 forceful1571 enforceable1589 energetical1596 eloquious1599 sinewy1600 emphatic1602 sinewed1604 strong1604 tonitruous1606 nervose1645 nervous1663 energetic1674 energic1683 strong1685 cogent1718 lapidary1724 forcible1726 authoritative1749 terse1777 telling1819 vigorous1821 sturdy1822 tonitruant1861 meaty1874 vertebrate1882 energized1887 jawy1898 heavy1970 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill A 2 A faithfull, elegant, sinewie, and well digested historie. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 194 Nervous and sinewy Arguments. 1718 Free-thinker No. 18. 2 The Latin Tongue has something Masculine and sinewy. 1863 Sat. Rev. 284 An out-of-door life encourages and produces a straightforward, intelligible, sinewy style. 1885 Manch. Examiner 18 Mar. 3/3 His nervous sinewy literary style will not be thrown away. d. Similarly of speakers and writers. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 431 Cæsar, who knowes as well to write, as warre: The Sinewie Salust. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 162 Thus the sinewie Epigrammatist. 4. Of the nature of sinews; tough, stringy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adjective] > tough tougha700 sinewy1578 wiry1588 gristly1601 nervous1601 tenax1605 tenacious1607 clunga1722 whipcord1879 whinstone1910 the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > of nature of ligamental1578 sinewy1578 ligamentous1683 ligamentary1744 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 52 They [sc. the muscles] are sinewie and broad in their begynning. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. To Rdr. sig. a8 Being dispersed into the muscles and skinne by meanes of certaine sinowie threedes concurring in manner of a net. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 141 Sinowy Ligameuts bruised and broken. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 49 For if sinewie thred my braine lets fall Through every part. 1909 J. H. Patterson In Grip of Nyika 247 Tied up with bands of sinewy tree-bark. †5. Strung with sinews. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [adjective] corded1382 stringed1552 sinewya1593 nervous1601 chordal1619 chorded1687 strung1695 a1593 C. Marlowe Hero & Leander (1598) i. sig. Ciij All deepe enrag'd, his sinowie bow he bent. 1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant xv The sinowy Bow, and deadly-headed Launce, Shall breake in shiuers. 1659 R. Lovelace Poems (1864) 242 So by the sinewy lyre now strook we see Into soft calms all storm of poesie. 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